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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, ARE INTERVIEWING THE JAPANESE PARTY (COLONEL SHIGE KODA IS THE GREY HAIRED OFFICER IN THE CENTRE) ABOUT JAPAN'S DISPOSITIONS IN THE ISLAND GROUP. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT P. A. DIMOND)
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