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LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-11-16. JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR (POW) LANCE CORPORAL MURAYAMA ISAMU (LATE TRUCK DRIVER WITH THE JAPANESE ARMY IN BORNEO) OPERATES AN ELECTRIC WINCH ON THE RAAF SUPPLY SHIP WANAKA, WHILE IT IS LOADING AT LABUAN ISLAND. THE WANAKA CARRIED THE FIRST DRAFT OF FIRST TACTICAL AIR FORCE PERSONNEL TO BE EVACUATED HOME TO AUSTRALIA FROM BORNEO BY SEA.
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-11-16. BESIDES THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF HEAVY MACHINERY, THE MOTOR VESSEL WANAKA CARRIED THE FIRST DRAFT OF BORNEO MEN TO LEAVE LABUAN BY SEA TO RETURN HOME TO AUSTRALIA. ELEC
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-11-16. BESIDES THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF HEAVY MACHINERY, THE MOTOR VESSEL WANAKA CARRIED THE FIRST DRAFT OF BORNEO MEN TO LEAVE LABUAN BY SEA TO RETURN HOME TO AUSTRALIA. ELEC
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-11-16. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS) LOADED THE RAAF SUPPLY SHIP WANAKA, WHEN IT WAS IN PORT AT LABUAN ISLAND. THE WANAKA CARRIED THE FIRST SEA DRAFT OF 250 RAAF PERSONNE
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-11-16. WAITING FOR ORDERS TO GO ABOARD, THESE AIRMEN WERE SOME OF THE 250 PERSONNEL WHO LEFT LABUAN ISLAND, BORNEO, EMBARKING IN THE RAAF SUPPLY SHIP WANAKA. THE DRAFT WAS T
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-11-16. BOARDING THE MOTOR VESSEL WANAKA, LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN ERIC PETTERSON OF RICHMOND, VIC, WAS IN A HAPPY MOOD. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST SEA DRAFT TO EMBARK AT LABUAN
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-11-16. 150997 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN REG CROWTON OF BRISBANE, QLD (RIGHT), SAYS GOODBYE TO HIS MATES WHO LEFT FOR AUSTRALIA IN THE MOTOR VESSEL WANAKA. ALTOGETHER 250 RAAF PERS
