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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, MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE TAMURA FORCE ARE INTERROGATED ON THE BEACH. SEATED AT THE TABLE ARE VX51552 CAPTAIN E. S. DURRANCE, LIEUTENANT C. WEST RANVR, CAPTAIN OF HMAS BOWEN, NX51115 MAJOR R. C. GARNSEY, COMMANDING TALAUD FORCE, QX27088 LIEUTENANT H. T. HONG CHOY, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SERVICE, AND NX194833 LIEUTENANT J. A. LOUWISCH, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SERVICE. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT P. A. DIMOND)
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