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MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-05-29. FROM A CROWDED WATERFRONT THAT ONLY SIX MONTHS EARLIER HAD BEEN A DESERTED TROPIC BEACH, HUNDREDS OF HEAVILY LADEN RAAF VEHICLES WERE EMBARKED AT MOROTAI BEFORE THE INVASION FLEET SAILED FOR LABUAN, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. HERE THEY LINE THE ROAD, WAITING TO BE LOADED ON THE LST (LANDING SHIP, TANK) NO. 590 VISIBLE IN THE BACKGROUND.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-05-29. PARKED IN ORDERLY LINES, THESE RAAF VEHICLES FORMED ONLY A SMALL SECTION OF THE HUNDREDS THAT WERE SPEEDILY LOADED ON LSTS (LANDING SHI
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-05-29. LAST OF THE IMMENSE CONCENTRATION OF RAAF MEN AND EQUIPMENT BOARDING LSTS (LANDING SHIPS, TANK), SERIAL NOS. 574, 1025, 711, 590, A FEW
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-05-27. MECHANICAL ANTS WOULD APTLY DESCRIBE THESE RAAF JEEPS, HEAVILY LADEN WITH EQUIPMENT FOR LABUAN, BORNEO.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-05-29. CLUSTERED AROUND THE AMPLIFIERS ON THE BEACHFRONT, THESE MEMBERS OF A RAAF UNIT WERE NOT WAITING FOR RACE RESULTS, BUT FOR ORDERS TO EM
Morotai, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies. May 1945. Final preparations of amphibious Ducks (DUKWS) for the invasion of British North Borneo. These vehicles carried troops and material ashor
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-05-29. VETERANS FROM A RAAF UNIT, WITH FULL KITS, MARCH ABOARD AN LST (LANDING SHIP, TANK) TO EMBARK FOR THE INVASION OF LABUAN, BRITISH NORTH
