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BANJERMASIN, BORNEO. 1945-09-17. TROOPS OF 2/31ST INFANTRY BATTALION BEING ACCLAIMED BY A LARGE CROWD FROM THE LOCAL CHINESE COMMUNITY ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE AREA FOR OCCUPATION DUTIES.
George Holland, President of the Returned Services League of Australia (RSL) (right), is on a tour of Japan and Korea. Here from a sandbagged observation trench in Korea, Mr Holland scans the surroun
Troops of 2/31 Infantry Battalion being acclaimed by a large crowd from the local Chinese community on their arrival in the area for occupation duties.
BANJERMASIN, BORNEO. 1945-09-17. TROOPS OF 2/31ST INFANTRY BATTALION PURCHASING FRUIT FROM NATIVE FOOD SELLERS SOON AFTER THEIR DISEMBARKATION TO TAKE OVER THE OCCUPATION OF THE AREA FROM THE JAPANESE
BANJERMASIN, BORNEO. 1945-09-17. NATIVE FOOD SELLERS IN THEIR PRAUS CROWDING AROUND THE LANDING CRAFT TANKS OF 2/31ST INFANTRY BATTALION DURING THEIR OCCUPATION OF THE AREA.
BANJERMASIN, BORNEO. 1945-09-17. A JAPANESE GUARD NERVOUSLY STANDS AT HIS POST AS TROOPS OF 2/31ST INFANTRY BATTALION LAND TO TAKE OVER THE OCCUPATION OF THE AREA.
BANJERMASIN, BORNEO. 1945-09-17. LIEUTENANT COLONEL E. M. ROBSON, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/31ST INFANTRY BATTALION, TALKING WITH TWO INDIAN EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE ON HIS ARRIVAL TO TAKE OVER THE OCCUPAT
BANJERMASIN, BORNEO. 1945-09-17. A ROYAL NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES ARMY MAJOR QUESTIONING TWO DUTCH EX-INTERNEES OF THE JAPANESE ON HIS ARRIVAL IN THE AREA WITH MEMBERS OF 2/31ST INFANTRY BATTALION WHO
