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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 (CENTRE), IS TALKING WITH LOCAL A CHINESE WHO POINTED OUT A JAPANESE DUMMY ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN. THE PARTY INCLUDED VX108088 CAPTAIN L. G. DARLING, PRISONER OF WAR LIAISON OFFICER 9TH DIVISION; SQUADRON LEADER BIRCHALL, RAAF AND CAPTAIN HOUGHTON OF WAR GRAVES. BERHALA ISLAND IN SANDAKAN HARBOUR WAS THE SITE OF THE FORMER BRITISH QUARANTINE STATION AND LEPER COLONY AND WAS USED BY THE JAPANESE TO HOUSE ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AND INTERNEES. CAPTAIN MCLAREN (THEN A PRIVATE WITH THE 2/10TH FIELD WORKSHOPS) ESCAPED FROM BERHALA ON 1943-06-04, THE EVENING BEFORE THE JAPANESE MOVED THE PRISONERS TO THE SANDAKAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. SOON AFTER HE WENT TO TAWITAWI WHERE HE AND HIS FELLOW ESCAPEES JOINED THE GUERRILLA MOVEMENT BEFORE BEING EVACUATED TO AUSTRALIA.
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. 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,
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
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. A PARTY OF AUSTRALIANS GOING ASHORE AT THE QUARANTINE STATION WHICH HAD BEEN USED BY THE JAPANESE AS A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. (PHOTOGRA
