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MOROTAI AREA. 3 JUNE 1945. CAPTAIN J M MURPHY, OFFICER COMMANDING 3 LANDING SHIP DETACHMENT (1), CAPT J D MCFARLAND, 2/17 INFANTRY BATTALION (2) AND LIEUTENANT E F FLYNN, SECOND IN CHARGE, 3 LANDING SHIP DETACHMENT (3), PREPARING PLANS FOR THE TACTICAL LOADING OF TROOPS FOR THE COMING BRUNEI INVASION, IN A CABIN ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP, HMAS KANIMBLA.
AT SEA. 8 JUNE 1945. SCENE DURING A CONCERT ON THE QUARTER DECK OF THE TROOPSHIP HMAS KANIMBLA, DURING THE JOURNEY FROM MOROTAI TO BRUNEI BAY, NORTH BORNEO. THE CONCERT WAS ARRANGED BY MEMBERS OF 2/17
MOROTAI, 1945-06-01. SAPPER R. J. BOOKER (1) AND SAPPER R. L. SMITH (2), OF 3RD LANDING SHIP DETACHMENT, ATTACHED HMAS KANIMBLA, WINDING ROPE ON A WINCH DRUM DURING LOADING OPERATIONS ABOARD THE KANIM
MOROTAI AREA. 3 JUNE 1945. SERGEANT-MAJOR J S COCKLE, EDITOR (5) AND MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF WORKING ON THE CURRENT EDITION OF THE SHIP'S NEWSHEET, NEWS FLASH, IN THE ORDERLY ROOM OF 3 LANDING SHIP DETAC
AT SEA. 8 JUNE 1945. PRIVATE R O'MAILEY, BATTALION HQ, 2/17 INFANTRY BATTALION AND STAFF-SERGEANT L KEOGH, D COMPANY, 2/17 INFANTRY BATTALION, COMEDIANS, ENTERTAINING THE AUDIENCE AT A CONCERT HELD ON
MOROTAI, 1945-05-31. STAFF SERGEANT R. S. MACDIARMID PREPARING PAY FOR MEMBERS OF 3RD LANDING SHIP DETACHMENT, IN THE UNIT ORDERLY ROOM ABOARD HMAS KANIMBLA.
MOROTAI AREA. 2 JUNE 1945. TROOPS DESCENDING FROM THE TROOPSHIP, HMAS KANIMBLA, TO LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED K23, DURING A LANDING EXERCISE. THEY ARE REHEARSING FOR THE COMING NORTH BORNEO LANDINGS.
