The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BERHALA ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO 1945-10-23. A LAUNCH CARRYING AN AUSTRALIAN INSPECTING PARTY COMING ASHORE AT A BEACH NEAR THE SITE OF THE LEPER COLONY. THE PARTY INCLUDED VX108088 CAPTAIN L. G. DARLING, PRISONER OF WAR LIAISON OFFICER 9TH DIVISION; SQUADRON LEADER BIRCHALL, RAAF; CAPTAIN HOUGHTON, WAR GRAVES; AND QX21058 CAPTAIN R. K. MCLAREN MC, SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT (SRD) AND Z SPECIAL FORCE. CAPTURED AT SINGAPORE IN 1942, AS A PRIVATE OF THE 2/10TH FIELD WORKSHOPS, MCLAREN ESCAPED FROM THE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP ON BERHALA ISLAND ON 1943-04-26 WITH A SMALL PARTY OF BRITISH AND AUSTRALIANS. HE LATER WENT TO TAWITAWI WHERE HE AND HIS FELLOW ESCAPEES JOINED THE GUERRILLA MOVEMENT BEFORE BEING EVACUATED TO AUSTRALIA. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT F. A. C. BURKE)
BERHALA ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO 1945-10-23. AN AUSTRALIAN INSPECTING PARTY WALKING ALONG A BEACH NEAR THE SITE OF THE LEPER COLONY. THE PARTY INCLUDED VX108088 CAPTAIN L. G. DARLING, PRISONER OF WAR LIAI
BERHALA ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO 1945-10-23. A SMALL PARTY CONSISTING OF VX108088 CAPTAIN L. G. DARLING, PRISONER OF WAR LIAISON OFFICER 9TH DIVISION; SQUADRON LEADER BIRCHALL RAAF; CAPTAIN HOUGHTON, WAR
BERHALA ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO 1945-10-23. AN AUSTRALIAN INSPECTION PARTY ASHORE ON BERHALA ISLAND. QX21058 CAPTAIN R. K. MCLAREN MC, SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT (SRD) AND "Z" SPECIAL FORCE (CENT
North East Borneo Force. QX21058 Captain (Capt) Robert Kerr 'Jock' McLaren MC, formerly of 2/10 Field Workshops, now Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD), indicating to VX108088 Capt Leonard Gord
BERHALA ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO 1945-10-23. NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE. VX108088 CAPTAIN L. G. DARLING, PRISONER OF WAR LIAISON OFFICER 9TH DIVISION, ENTERING ONE OF THE HUTS AT THE QUARANTINE STATION WHICH
BERHALA ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO 1945-10-23. NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE. VX108088 CAPTAIN L. G. DARLING, PRISONER OF WAR LIAISON OFFICER 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, ON THE FAR LEFT, EXAMINING WHAT APPEARS TO BE
