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JESSELTON, NORTH BORNEO 1945-10-08. JAPANESE TROOPS OF COLONEL IEMURA'S FORCE WERE DISARMED, SEARCHED MEDICALLY EXAMINED AND MARCHED INTO THE PRISONER OF WAR COMPOUND UNDER GUARDS OF THE 2/32ND BATTALION. THESE PRISONERS, ALL FIT, WERE USED TO BUILD FURTHER COMPOUNDS FOR OTHER JAPANESE PERSONNEL IN THE JESSELTON AREA. A QUEUE OF PRISONERS PREPARES THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS FOR SEARCHING BY THE AUSTRALIAN GUARDS OUTSIDE ONE THE EXAMINATION HUTS. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT F. A. C. BURKE)
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Colour: Black & white
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