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BRUNEI BAY, BORNEO. 1945-08-21. NSW AIRMEN DECORATE THE MAST OF THE RAAF LAUNCH ARCADIA DURING A CAREFREE DAY ON BRUNEI BAY AFTER WAR CEASED. MEN IN THE GROUP INCLUDE 166438 AIRCRAFTMAN 1 GORDON BROWN, BURWOOD; 27560 SERGEANT LAURIE MAJOR, LISMORE; 74248 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) ERIC SHEDDON, NEWCASTLE; 139290 LAC JIM FLEMING, SYDNEY; 440255 LAC GEOFF MCFARLANE, NEWTOWN; 138355 LAC DOUG PERRY, AUBURN.
BROOKETON, BRUNEI. 1945-08-21. WHEN THE FORMER HOBART PLEASURE CRAFT ARCADIA TIED UP AT BROOKETON ON BORNEO'S WEST COAST, CARRYING A PARTY OF RAAF MEN ON A PICNIC AFTER HOSTILITIES CEASED, THEY TOOK T
BRUNEI BAY, BORNEO. 1945-08-21. THIS OUTSIZE BUNCH OF BANANAS WAS OBTAINED FROM A MALAY TRADER FOR A TIN OF BUTTER. 166438 AIRCRAFTMAN 1 GORDON BROWN OF BURWOOD, NSW (LEFT), AND 13835 LEADING AIRCRAFT
BROOKETON, BRUNEI. 1945-08-21. THE USUAL TROPICAL EFFECT OF A PALM-FRINGED BEACH IS SADLY DISARRANGED FOR THESE THREE RAAF MEN. LEFT TO RIGHT: 74248 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) ERIC SHEDDON, NEWCASTLE,
BRUNEI BAY, BORNEO. 1945-08-21. LIFE IN THE TROPICS AS IT SHOULD BE IS EXPERIENCED BY 128854 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) LEO O'BRIEN OF PRAHRAN, VIC AND 76794 LAC BERT GODFREY OF CUNNAMULLA, QLD. THEY A
BRUNEI BAY, BORNEO. 1945-08-21. THIS DEAL, A BUNCH OF FRESH FISH FOR A TIN OF BUTTER AND A TIN OF JAM, WAS "BAGUS" (FINE) FOR BOTH THE MALAY FISHERMAN AND FOR 170324 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN JIM GIBSON OF
BROOKETON, BRUNEI. 1945-08-21. THE DEAL BEING MADE BY THIS ENTERPRISING MALAY, ONE MR SIRET, WITH AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN ON A RAAF PLEASURE TRIP ON BRUNEI BAY, IS WATCHED WITH AN INSCRUTABLE EXPRESSION BY
