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TARAKAN ISLAND. 27 JUNE 1945. A RELIGIOUS GOOD LUCK CEREMONY WAS HELD BY JAVANESE IN THE PRESENCE OF BRIG D A WHITEHEAD, COMMANDING 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, CAPTAIN J O GEDDES, STAFF CAPTAIN, 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, MAJOR J EMEIS, COMMANDING OFFICER NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION, MAJOR H A STHEEMAN, MILITARY OIL REHABILITATION SERVICE, AND OTHERS, TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE FIRST FIVE OIL WELLS ON TARAKAN. DURING THE CEREMONY THE HEAD OF A SACRED COW WAS SOLEMNLY BURIED IN A MINIATURE GRAVE. SHOWN, JAVANESE WORKMEN GATHERED ROUND THE GRAVE AND COW'S HEAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CEREMONY.
TARAKAN ISLAND. 27 JUNE 1945. A RELIGIOUS GOOD LUCK CEREMONY WAS HELD BY JAVANESE IN THE PRESENCE OF BRIG D A WHITEHEAD, COMMANDING 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, CAPTAIN J O GEDDES, STAFF CAPTAIN, 26 INFANTRY
TARAKAN ISLAND. 27 JUNE 1945. A RELIGIOUS GOOD LUCK CEREMONY WAS HELD BY JAVANESE IN THE PRESENCE OF BRIG D A WHITEHEAD, COMMANDING 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, CAPTAIN J O GEDDES, STAFF CAPTAIN, 26 INFANTRY
TARAKAN ISLAND. 27 JUNE 1945. A RELIGIOUS GOOD LUCK CEREMONY WAS HELD BY JAVANESE IN THE PRESENCE OF BRIG D A WHITEHEAD, COMMANDING 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, CAPTAIN J O GEDDES, STAFF CAPTAIN, 26 INFANTRY
TARAKAN ISLAND. 27 JUNE 1945. A RELIGIOUS GOOD LUCK CEREMONY WAS HELD BY JAVANESE IN THE PRESENCE OF BRIG D A WHITEHEAD, COMMANDING 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, CAPTAIN J O GEDDES, STAFF CAPTAIN, 26 INFANTRY
TARAKAN ISLAND. 27 JUNE 1945. A RELIGIOUS GOOD LUCK CEREMONY WAS HELD BY JAVANESE IN THE PRESENCE OF BRIG D A WHITEHEAD, COMMANDING 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, CAPTAIN J O GEDDES, STAFF CAPTAIN, 26 INFANTRY
TARAKAN ISLAND. 27 JUNE 1945. A RELIGIOUS GOOD LUCK CEREMONY WAS HELD BY JAVANESE IN THE PRESENCE OF BRIGADIER D A WHITEHEAD, COMMANDING 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, CAPTAIN J O GEDDES, STAFF CAPTAIN, 26 INFA
