The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. THE JAPANESE SOWED SOME OF THESE WICKED LOOKING 1000LB SEA MINES ON THE TARAKAN ROADS, AND WHEN DETONATED THEY MADE A 30 FOOT CRATER. RAAF BOMB DISPOSAL BOYS GOT THIS ONE BEFORE IT OPERATED AND HAULED IT AWAY GLEEFULLY AS A GREAT PRIZE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. RAAF ENGINEERS FACED A FORMIDABLE PROBLEM WHEN THEY GOT ONTO THE TARAKAN AIRSTRIP FOR THE JAPANESE DID THEIR BEST TO DESTROY IT WITH BOMBS AND MINES. 80365 LEADING
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN G. GERMAIN, WITH MINE DETECTOR, (1), AND LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN C.R. BIDDLE, BAYONET IN HAND, (2), MEMBERS OF NO. 3 BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT, RAAF, LOOKING FOR
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. WORKING AT NIGHT ON THE AIRSTRIP ON TARAKAN BEFORE IT WAS SECURED BY THE AUSTRALIANS, RAAF BOMB DISPOSAL MEN PAVED THE WAY FOR THE OCCUPATION OF THE VITAL STRIP. 41
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-09. LOOKING NORTH WEST ALONG THE SMALL 4-FOOT HIGH BREASTWORK TO THE REAR OF THE WALL, WITH A PILLBOX IN THE BACKGROUND. LOCATED WITHIN THE HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRI
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-09. LOOKING SOUTH SOUTH WEST AT A LINE OF WOODEN POSTS 1 FOOT IN DIAMETER RUNNING OUT TO JOIN TWO LINES OF POSTS IN THE BACKGROUND. LOCATED WITHIN THE HEADQUARTERS 26 I
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-05-08. AN ANTI-TANK DITCH AND WALL WITHIN THE HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE AREA AT RED BEACH. IT IS VIEWED LOOKING IN A NORTH WESTERLY DIRECTION AND FORMS PART OF THE JAPANES
