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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-25. KUCHING FORCE. COLONEL TAKAYAMA, A JAPANESE STAFF OFFICER, LEFT BATAVIA IN A TYPE KI-54 AEROPLANE. THE PLANE LANDED AT KUCHING AIRSTRIP, UNAWARE OF THE AUSTRALIAN OCCUPATION ON 1945-09-24. THE NEXT DAY THE PLANE (PAINTED IN AGREED SURRENDER COLOURS OF A GREEN CROSS ON WHITE BACKGROUND) WAS REFUELLED AND THE CREW OF FOUR LEFT FOR BATAVIA. LIEUTENANT WAUGH, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SERVICE GIVES INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JAPANESE CREW PRIOR TO THE RESUMPTION OF THEIR JOURNEY. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT F. A. C. BURKE)
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-25. KUCHING FORCE. COLONEL TAKAYAMA, A JAPANESE STAFF OFFICER, LEFT BATAVIA IN A TYPE KI-54 AEROPLANE. THE PLANE LANDED AT KUCHING AIRSTRIP, UNAWARE OF THE AUSTRALIAN
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-25. KUCHING FORCE. COLONEL TAKAYAMA, A JAPANESE STAFF OFFICER, LEFT BATAVIA IN A TYPE KI-54 AEROPLANE. THE PLANE LANDED AT KUCHING AIRSTRIP, UNAWARE OF THE AUSTRALIAN
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-25. KUCHING FORCE. COLONEL TAKAYAMA, A JAPANESE STAFF OFFICER, LEFT BATAVIA IN A TYPE KI-54 AEROPLANE. THE PLANE LANDED AT KUCHING AIRSTRIP, UNAWARE OF THE AUSTRALIAN
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-25. KUCHING FORCE. COLONEL TAKAYAMA, A JAPANESE STAFF OFFICER, LEFT BATAVIA IN A TYPE KI-54 AEROPLANE. THE PLANE LANDED AT KUCHING AIRSTRIP, UNAWARE OF THE AUSTRALIAN
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-25. KUCHING FORCE. COLONEL TAKAYAMA, A JAPANESE STAFF OFFICER, LEFT BATAVIA IN A TYPE KI-54 AEROPLANE. THE PLANE LANDED AT KUCHING AIRSTRIP, UNAWARE OF THE AUSTRALIAN
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-22. KUCHING FORCE. 37348645 SERGEANT MAS TERAI, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SERVICE, EXAMINES JAPANESE EQUIPMENT ON THE WHARF. (SGT F. A. C. BURKE)
