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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. NATIVES CROWD AROUND AS AUSTRALIAN ARMY OFFICERS EXAMINE A BUILDING CONTAINING ARMS AND AMMUNITION NEAR THE BEACH AT LIROENG. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT P. A. DIMOND)
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Colour: Black & white
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