120790 Accession Number: 120790

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Transporting Japanese Envoy personnel after the occupation of Macassar by the 2/27th Battalion. In the foreground is Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cdr) Colin George Hill MBE, Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR) from Bellevue Hill, NSW, Commanding Officer HMAS Barcoo. In the background is Brigadier Ivan Noel Dougherty (later CBE, DSO and Bar), Commanding Officer of the Occupation Forces.

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Accession Number
120790
Photographer
Francis Walter Butt
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
21 September 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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