The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-02. COLONEL H. H. ROSS, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COLONEL L. G. LOHAN, AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL CUNNINGHAM, SENIOR CIVIL AFFAIRS OFFICER, LOOK ON AS THE HANDING OVER CEREMONY BEGINS ABOARD HMAS RIVERSNAKE. ALL THREE WERE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH BORNEO CIVIL AFFAIRS UNIT (BBCAU). RAN VESSELS OF THE "SNAKE" FLOTILLA, SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT (SRD), WERE BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE BBCAU AT PORT VICTORIA AND THEIR CREWS PAID OFF. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT F. A. C. BURKE)
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-02. COLONEL H. H. ROSS, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COLONEL L. G. LOHAN, AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL CUNNINGHAM, SENIOR CIVIL AFFAIRS OFFICER, AT
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-02. COLONEL H. H. ROSS, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COLONEL L. G. LOHAN, AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL CUNNINGHAM, SENIOR CIVIL AFFAIRS OFFICER, LO
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-02. ABOARD HMAS RIVERSNAKE MAJOR EGAN, BRITISH BORNEO CIVIL AFFAIRS UNIT (BBCAU) AND A RATING PREPARE TO LOWER THE WHITE ENSIGN AND RAISE THE BLUE ENSIGN. RAN
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-02. A GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN AND BRITISH OFFICERS FROM THE RAN, SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT (SRD) AND THE BRITISH BORNEO CIVIL AFFAIRS UNIT (BBCAU) AT THE
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-02. A GROUP OF SHIPS CAPTAINS CHATTING ABOARD HMAS RIVERSNAKE. LEFT TO RIGHT: SUB LIEUTENANT H. L. MILLS, RNVR, COMMANDER OF ARMY VESSEL AM1499; LIEUTENANT (LT
The crew of HMAS Riversnake at Port Victoria, North West Borneo, on the occasion of the decommissioning of the vessel from the Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD). The Riversnake and other vessel
