OG2555 Accession Number: OG2555

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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. C. 1945-05-04. A JAPANESE INFILTRATION INTO RAAF BIVOUAC AREAS WAS TURNED BY RAAF GUARDS WHO SHOT FOUR OF THE JAPANESE. THIS PATROL IS RETURNING TO THE BIVOUAC AREA PAST THE DEAD BODY OF ONE OF THEIR VICTIMS. LEFT TO RIGHT: 423238 SERGEANT (SGT) K. GROVES, EARLWOOD, NSW (IN CHARGE); 161234 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) W. T. STEVENS, GRAFTON, NSW (WHO SHOT THE JAPANESE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH); 163655 LAC S. H. BRAMB, BANKSTOWN, NSW; 12000 SGT M. LOCKHART, HILSTON, NSW; 116356 LAC H. E. GRANT, ADELAIDE, SA; 137918 LAC M. MARTIN, SYDNEY, NSW; 126444 LAC M. LOW, SYDNEY, NSW; 137986 LAC J. F. WRIGHT, NEWCASTLE, NSW.

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Accession Number
OG2555
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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