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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, SERGEANT MANNERING OF THE RAAF, ATTACHED TO THE RAN, EXAMINES A CELL WHERE AN INDONESIAN BOY DECLARED AN ALLIED AIRMAN HAD BEEN IMPRISONED PRIOR TO HIS EXECUTION.
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Colour: Black & white
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