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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 FOUR LEFT FOR BATAVIA. THE JAPANESE PILOT AND ONE OF HIS CREW STANDING ON THE WING WHILE IT WAS BEING REFUELLED BY RAAF PERSONNEL (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 1945-09-16. KUCHING FORCE. AT THE AIRSTRIP A GROUP OF NUNS WHO HAD BEEN INTERNED BY THE JAPANESE BEING ASSISTED FROM THE TRUCK WHICH BROUGHT THEM FROM LINTANG. (PHOTOGRAPHER S
