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LABUAN ISLAND, 1945-06-18. MEMBERS OF HQ 20 INFANTRY BRIGADE CHECKING OVER ABANDONED JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ON THE EDGE OF THE AIRSTRIP. IN BACKGROUND AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WORK IS BEING DONE.
TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-06-28. TARAKAN AIRSTRIP WAS REPAIRED AGAINST ALMOST HOPELESS ODDS BY MEMBERS OF 1 AND 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRONS, RAAF AND AIF UNITS. IT WAS OPENED TO FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FOR
TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-06-28. TARAKAN AIRSTRIP WAS REPAIRED AGAINST ALMOST HOPELESS ODDS BY MEMBERS OF 1 AND 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRONS, RAAF AND AIF UNITS. IT WAS OPENED TO FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FOR
LABUAN ISLAND, 1945-06-18. MEMBERS OF AN AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF, USING MANPOWER AND A UNIT TRACTOR TO EXTRICATE AN AUSTRALIAN DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT WHICH BOGGED AT THE WESTERN END OF THE AIRS
Labuan Island, Borneo. 1945-06. Members of the Australian battalion that captured the airstrip, clamber over a wrecked Japanese bomber on the edge of the strip.
BRUNEI, BORNEO. 24 JUNE 1945. DYAKS AND MEMBERS OF HQ 20 INFANTRY BRIGADE, LOOKING AT JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR IN A LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED. THE PRISONERS ARE BEING TAKEN TO LABUAN ISLAND.
TARAKAN ISLAND. 28 JUNE 1945. TARAKAN AIRSTRIP WAS REPAIRED AGAINST ALMOST HOPELESS ODDS BY MEMBERS OF 1 AND 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRONS, RAAF AND AIF UNITS. IT WAS OPENED TO FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FO
