The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LINGKAS, TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05. INDONESIAN, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES AND AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS WITH ALLIED EQUIPMENT ON THE LANDING BEACH. THE US NAVY LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 530 IS DISCHARGING STORES ONTO A PONTOON PIER IN THE BACKGROUND. THE SHELL HOLES AND SHATTERED PALMS ARE EVIDENCE OF THE ALLIED BOMBARDMENT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
LINGKAS, TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-01. A TANK, INFANTRY, MARK II, MATILDA I (NO 35421) OF THE 2/9 ARMOURED REGIMENT DISEMBARKS FROM THE US NAVY LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 590 ONTO A NAVAL LIGHTERA
LINGKAS, TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-01. TROOPS OF THE 26TH INFANTRY BRIGADE MARCH ACROSS A NAVAL LIGHTERAGE PONTOON RAMP FROM THE US NAVY LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 590 AS PART OF THE ALLIED INVASI
Lingkas area, Tarakan, Netherlands East Indies, 1945-05-01. On the first day of Operation Oboe One, the attack and landing on Tarakan Island by troops of the 9th Australian Division, soldiers probably
SANSAPOR, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-30. FOUR OF THE EIGHT US NAVY LANDING SHIPS, TANK (LSTS) INVOLVED IN THE LANDING OPERATION DISCHARGING TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT DURING THE LANDING BY ALLIED FORCES. THE
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. AUSTRALIAN AND ROYAL NETHERLANDS INDIES ARMY FORCES AND RAAF UNITS UNLOADING EQUIPMENT FROM THE US NAVY LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 743. IN THE RIGHT FOREGROUND IS A T
Lingkas beach, Tarakan, Netherlands East Indies, 1945-05-01. An anti-tank ditch about 25 feet wide and studded with posts driven into the ground constitutes part of the Japanese defences on Tarakan Is
