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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS AROUND A CAPTURED JAPANESE 25 MM DUAL PURPOSE GUN ON ESSEX RIDGE. THE GUN, CAPTURED IN GOOD CONDITION, IS MOUNTED ON RAILS AND RUN OUT OF 50 YARD DUGOUT FOR FIRING.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-04. A STRONG JAPANESE DEFENCE AT AIRSTRIP RIDGE. TROOPS OF 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINE A CAPTURED JAPANESE 20MM TWIN BARREL MACHINE-GUN. CAPUTRED INTACT, IT WAS HOU
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-08. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, WITH BRIGADIER D.A. WHITEHEAD, COMMAND 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, (3), EXAMINING A
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-08. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, (1), WITH CAPTAIN G.B. TRAVIS, OFFICER COMMANDING D COMPANY, 2/24 INFANTRY B
Borneo. May 1945. This twin-barrel 20mm Japanese gun was mounted on rails and run back into the tunnel after firing. It was built into an airstrip ridge and fired along Anzac Avenue to impede the Aust
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. SERGEANT A. WEYBURY, HQ COMPANY, 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION, HAVING A SHAVE AT ESSEX RIDGE.
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. PRIVATE B.S. MYER. (1), AND PRIVATE R.I. RITCHIE, (2), BOTH NINETEEN YEAR OLDS IN THE 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION, OUTSIDE A CONCRETE PILLBOX ON ESSEX RIDGE.
