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TALAUD ISLANDS, DUTCH EAST INDIES, 1945-10-13. TALAUD FORCE WAS RAISED TO TAKE PROCLAMATIONS OF FREEDOM TO NATIVE PEOPLES, SUPERVISE THE ROUNDING UP OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS AND INVESTIGATE GENERAL CONDITIONS AFTER JAPANESE SURRENDER. HMAS BOWEN ACCOMPANIED THE FORCE. LIEUTENANT C. WEST RANVR, COMMANDER OF HMAS BOWEN AND NX51115 MAJOR R. C. GARNSEY, COMMANDER OF TALAUD FORCE, DURING THE INTERROGATION OF COLONEL SHIGE KODA, COMMANDER OF THE TALAUD JAPANESE GARRISON. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT P. A. DIMOND)
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Colour: Black & white
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