120431 Accession Number: 120431

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SANDAKAN 1945-10-23. NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR DISINTERRING BODIES. THEY WERE AT FIRST SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN OF ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR BUT LATER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE LOCAL NATIVE MOHAMMEDANS.

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120431
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Photograph
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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