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TALAUD ISLANDS, DUTCH EAST INDIES, 1945-10-15. 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. AT BEO, KARAKELLANG ISLAND, MAJOR SHEFFERS, NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION, READS GENERAL BLAMEY'S PROCLAMATION TO LIBERATED PEOPLES IN DUTCH. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT P. A. DIMOND)
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Colour: Black & white
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