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TAIBESSI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1945-09-30. A JAPANESE LIEUTENANT WATCHES AS PETTY OFFICER D. S. SNELL RAN, HMAS MORESBY, AND AN AIF ENGINEER PREPARE A LIGHT TANK, MODEL 2595, FOR DESTRUCTION. THE JAPANESE HAD BEEN ORDERED TO REMOVE ALL AMMUNITION FROM TANKS CONGREGATED AT THE TAIBESSI VEHICLE PARK.SEVERAL BURNING TANKS STILL CONTAINED SHELLS THAT EXPLODED AS THE AUSTRALIANS SET THEM ALIGHT. (PHOTOGRAPHER K. B. DAVIS )
TAIBESSI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1945-09-30. TWO AIF ENGINEERS EXAMINING THE REMAINS OF A BURNING JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANK, MODEL 2595. THE JAPANESE WERE ORDERED TO CONGREGATE ALL TANKS AND MOTOR
TAIBESSI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1945-09-30. PETTY OFFICER D. S. SNELL RAN, HMAS MORESBY, AND AIF ENGINEERS INCLUDING LIEUTENANT C. E. OLIVER EXAMINING A BURNT OUT JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANK AT A VE
ATIBESSI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1945-09-30. PETTY OFFICER D. S. SNELL RAN, HMAS MORESBY, AND AIF ENGINEERS INCLUDING LIEUTENANT C. E. OLIVER EXAMINING A BURNT OUT JAPANESE MODEL 2597 TANKETTE AT A VEHICLE
TAIBESSI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1945-09-30. AN AIF ENGINEER EXAMINING A BURNT OUT JAPANESE TYPE 97 MODEL 2597 TANKETTE AT A VEHICLE PARK. THE JAPANESE WERE ORDERED TO CONGREGATE ALL TANKS AND MOTOR TRANSP
TAIBESSI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1945-09-30. THE ENGINE OF A BURNT OUT JAPANESE TYPE 97 MODEL 2597 TANKETTE AT A VEHICLE PARK. THE JAPANESE WERE ORDERED TO CONGREGATE ALL TANKS AND MOTOR TRANSPORT AT THIS
TAIBESSI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1945-09-30. BURNT OUT JAPANESE TANKS AND MOTOR TRANSPORT AT A VEHICLE PARK WHERE THE JAPANESE WERE ORDERED TO CONGREGATE ALL TANKS AND MOTOR TRANSPORT. RAN AND AIF ENGINEER
