The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 1945-08-15. SUPPLIES AND TROOPS OF 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION BEING TRANSFERRED FROM THE LANDING CRAFT MERCHANISED WHICH BROUGHT THEM TO PANGKALAN AT THE HEAD OF THE RIKO RIVER, INTO ARMY TRUCKS. C COMPANY HAVE ESTABLISHED THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN PANGKALAN VILLAGE. ENGINEERS OF THE BATTALION ARE MOVING TO AN ABANDONED STONE QUARRY WHICH THEY WILL PUT INTO OPERATION.
BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 1945-08-16. MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, ABOARD ONE OF THE TWO LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED TRANSPORTING THEM AND THEIR EQUIPMENT DOWN THE RIKO RIVER DURING THE
BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 1945-08-16. TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT OF C COMPANY, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, BEING LOADED ABOARD A LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED AT PANGKALAN ON THE RIKO RIVER FOR TRANSFER TO BATTALIO
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-11. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO ARRIVE AT BALIKPAPAN. NUMBERING ABOUT 400 THEY WERE BROUGHT TO BROWN BEACH BY LCM'S (LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED) FROM THE HEADWAT
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-11. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO ARRIVE AT BALIKPAPAN. NUMBERING ABOUT 400 THEY WERE BROUGHT TO BROWN BEACH BY LCM'S (LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED) FROM THE HEADWAT
BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 1945-08-15. CORPORAL G.W. CAREY, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, RELAXING IN A NATIVE HUT WHICH HE AND HIS FRIENDS HAVE TAKEN OVER AS THEIR CAMP IN THE VILLAGE OF PANGKALAN.
Balikpapan, Borneo. July 1945. Scene of unloading on the landing beach. Hundreds of tons of equipment including trucks (left) was unloaded on D-Day. Landing craft 1296 sits behind a bulldozer which is
