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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. MEMBERS OF 14 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 2/48 INFANTRY BATTALION, SOME WOUNDED, SOME EXHAUSTED, AT REST BY THE ROADSIDE AFTER BEING RELIEVED FROM ACTION ON SKYES FEATURE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SERGEANT G.H. POPE, (LATER AWARDED THE DCM), (2); PRIVATE A. RAWLINS, (3); PRIVATE C.E. COLLINS, (4).
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. A WOUNDED MEMBER OF C COMPANY, 2/48 INFANTRY BATTALION PASSES MATILDA TANKS OF THE 2/9 ARMED REGIMENT AFTER THE ATTACK ON SYKES FEATURE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:-
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/48 INFANTRY BATTALION MOVE FORWARD PAST A C SQUADRON, 2/9 ARMOURED REGIMENT MATILDA TANK TO SUPPORT THE ATTACK ON SKYES FEATURE. IDENTIFIED
Wounded in action on Skyes Feature, Sergeant G H Pope, (later awarded the DCM), C Company, 2/48th Infantry Battalion, (right), receives assistance to safety from Private J Higgins, (left).
Tarakan Island, Borneo. 1945-05-06. SX17781 Private C.E. Collins of C Company, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF, who was wounded in the arm by a grenade during an attack on Sykes Feature, tal
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. 13 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 2/48 INFANTRY BATTALION WOUNDED BEING CARRIED ALONG EVAN'S RIDGE, FOLLOWING AN ACTION ON SYKES FEATURE AGAINST AN ENEMY PILLBOX. IDENTIFIED PERSONNE
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. 2/13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS PERSONNEL CROUCH BEHIND A MATILDA TANK OF C SQUADRON, 2/9 ARMOURED REGIMENT TO SUPPORT TROOPS IN ACTION AT SKYES FEATURE BUT
