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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. CORPORAL TEAGUE P OATBY, 1 ARMOURED REGIMENT, SHOWING THE JAPANESE SWORD WHICH HE CAPTURED AFTER SHOOTING A JAPANESE IN A TUNNEL ON VASEY HIGHWAY DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION. SPR B HOGAN, 2/9 FIELD COMPANY, (6). NUMBER (4) SERGEANT H BRITTEN NX101379.
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/9 FIELD COMPANY MOVING ALONG VASEY HIGHWAY DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SAPPER T H TURVEY (1); SPR P SMYTH (2); SPR M P CUNNANE
Corporal Peter Teague, 1 Armoured Regiment, showing the Japanese sword which he captured after shooting a Japanese soldier in a tunnel on Vasey Highway during the OBOE 2 Operation. Also identified is
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 2 JULY 1945. A MATILDA TANK OF 1 ARMOURED REGIMENT LEADING ENGINEERS OF 2/9 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ALONG THE VASEY HIGHWAY DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.
BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO, 1945-07-07. A JAPANESE CONCRETE PILLBOX COVERING THE VASEY HIGHWAY, CAPTURED BY MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. VIEW LOOKING TOWARDS THE BEACH FROM VASEY HIGHWAY SOON AFTER THE OBOE 2 OPERATION LANDING. SAPPER P B PULLAR SHOWN STANDING AT THE BRIDGE OVER LAHEY'S CREEK USING A WA
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 2 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/9 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WHO HAVE JUST CLEARED A SECTION OF THE VASEY HIGHWAY WITH THEIR MINE SWEEPER, STANDING BY TO ALLOW TANKS OF A
