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LABUAN ISLAND. 16 JUNE 1945. MAJOR N CAHILL, 2/32 INFANTRY BATTALION, BOARDING AN AUSTER AIRCRAFT OF 16 AIR OBSERVATION POST, RAAF, PILOTED BY FLIGHT LIEUTENANT G SHERMAN. MAJOR CAHILL WILL DROP SURRENDER PAMPHLETS ON JAPANESE POSITIONS ON THE ISLAND AND THEN MAKE A RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHT OVER WESTON VILLAGE IN NORTH BORNEO FOR THE OBOE WEST OPERATION.
LABUAN ISLAND. 16 JUNE 1945. MAJOR N CAHILL, 2/32 INFANTRY BATTALION, ABOARD AN AUSTER AIRCRAFT OF 16 AIR OBSERVATION POST, RAAF, HOLDING ONE OF THE SURRENDER PAMPHLETS WHICH HE INTENDS DROPPING OVER
LABUAN ISLAND, 1945-06-16. AN AUSTER AIRCRAFT OF 16 AIR OBSERVATION POST, RAAF, FLYING TOWARDS JAPANESE POSITIONS ON THE ISLAND TO DROP SURRENDER PAMPHLETS.
LABUAN ISLAND. 16 JUNE 1945. AN AUSTER AIRCRAFT OF 16 AIR OBSERVATION POST, RAAF, TAKING OFF TO DROP SURRENDER PAMPHLETS OVER JAPANESE POSITIONS ON THE ISLAND.
OFF WESTON VILLAGE, BORNEO, 1945-06-17. LANDING VEHICLES TRACKED, LOADED WITH TROOPS OF 2/32 INFANTRY BATTALION, PREPARING TO MAKE A LANDING AT THE VILLAGE DURING THE OBOE WEST OPERATION.
LABUAN ISLAND. 11 JUNE 1945. MEMBERS OF 16 AIR OBSERVATION POST FLIGHT PREPARING TO ASSEMBLE THE UNIT AUSTER AIRCRAFT AT BROWN BEACH 2, DURING THE OBOE 6 OPERATION. THE PLANES ARE USED FOR ARTILLERY O
LABUAN ISLAND. 15 JUNE 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/32 INFANTRY BATTALION WADING OUT TO EMBARK ON A LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) OFF BROWN BEACH 1. THEY ARE TO TAKE PART IN THE OBOE WEST OPERATION, THAT IS A LANDIN
