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LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-11-16. 250 RAAF PERSONNEL BOUND FOR HOME IN ALL STATES OF AUSTRALIA EMBARKED IN THE MOTOR VESSEL WANAKA AT LABUAN ISLAND. THEY REPRESENTED THE FIRST BATCH OF RETURNING AIRMEN TO LEAVE BORNEO BY SEA. VIGILANT SERVICE POLICEMEN KEPT A CLOSE WATCH FOR INTENDING STOWAWAYS, AND A CAREFUL CHECK WAS MADE OF THE MEN AS THEY WENT ABOARD.
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-11-16. IT WAS A HAPPY MOMENT FOR THESE MEN WHEN THE MOTOR VESSEL WANAKA DREW OUT FROM LABUAN HARBOUR. THEY WERE SOME OF THE 250 RAAF PERSONNEL WHO TRAVELLED HOME TO AUSTRALI
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
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. 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
