The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-01. LSTS (LANDING SHIPS, TANK) WHICH LANDED THE 9TH DIVISION TROOPS AND ENGINEERS OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF LINE THE BEACH-HEAD AT TARAKAN. IN THE FOREGROUND ARE OIL TANKS DAMAGED BY BOMBING.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-01. LSTS (LANDING SHIPS, TANK) WHICH LANDED THE 9TH DIVISION TROOPS AND ENGINEERS OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF LINE THE BEACH-HEAD AT TARAKAN. IN THE BACKG
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-01. AN OIL TANK BLAZES IN THE BACKGROUND AS AN LST (LANDING SHIP, TANK) CARRYING PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT OF UNITS OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF HEADS FOR TH
OFF TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. C. 1945-05. MEMBERS OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF WHO LANDED AT TARAKAN TO GET THE AIRFIELD READY FOR USE BY OUR STRAFING AIRCRAFT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE
Tarakan, Borneo. 1945-05. Landing Ship, Tanks which landed troops of the 9th Division AIF and units of the RAAF at Tarakan. Destroyed oil tanks, bombed and bombarded, are in the foreground.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-01. MODERN HEAVY EQUIPMENT OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF BEING UNLOADED FROM A LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) WHICH WILL ENABLE THE ENGINEERING UNITS TO SPEEDILY
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-01. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT J. H. HULLIN OF BRISBANE, QLD, AND SQUADRON LEADER J. C. RINDER OF BRISBANE, QLD, SELECT A DERELICT BUILDING ON THE SITE FOR THEIR UNIT AFTER ENGI
