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TAWAO, NORTH EAST BORNEO 1945-10-20. ON 1945-10-17 FOUR ROYAL NAVY LANDING SHIPS, TANK (LSTS) LEFT LABUAN ISLAND WITH MEN OF THE NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE AND ARRIVED AT TAWAO ON 1945-10-20. THEY WERE TO MOVE ALL JAPANESE TROOPS AND CIVILIANS IN THE AREA TO JESSELTON AND TO COLLECT ALL ENEMY ARMS AND EQUIPMENT FOR DUMPING AT SEA OR RETURN TO LABUAN. NX113486 LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. A. ENGLAND, COMMANDER OF THE NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE, INTERROGATING MAJOR SUGASAKI, JAPANESE COMMANDER OF TAWAO AREA, ABOUT TROOP CONCENTRATIONS. THE AUSTRALIAN GUARDS ARE MEMBERS OF THE SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY, 2/3RD COMPOSITE ANTI AIRCRAFT REGIMENT.
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