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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, JAPANESE PRISONERS CLEAR TIMBER FROM A BOMB CRATER WHERE IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE BODIES OF EXECUTED ALLIED AIRMEN HAD BEEN BURIED. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT P. A. DIMOND)
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Colour: Black & white
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