The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Island. The ditch, situated between the beach and the road behind it, failed to hinder the success of Operation Oboe One, the attack and landing on the island by troops of the 9th Australian Division. Standing in the background are rows of military trucks and the landing ships of the US Navy's Amphibious Group Six which supported the landing. Landing Ship Tank (LST) no. 584 stands (left) behind a hastily improvised sign pointing to Brigade Headquarters. Each of the landing ships has a Bofors anti-aircraft gun mounted on its deck. (Donor Dr Wootten)
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
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 DISCHARGIN
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
MOROTAI. 1945-05-17. LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 1025 ON BLUE BEACH, ONE OF THE SHIPS WHICH BROUGHT WOUNDED BACK FROM TARAKAN ISLAND. MEMBERS OF 2/12 FIELD AMBULANCE TRANSFERRED THEM TO 2/5 GENERAL HOSPI
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-07. LINGKAS BEACH VIEWED FROM AN RAAF AUSTER AIRCRAFT SHOWING LSTS (LANDING SHIPS, TANK) GROUNDED ON THE MUD WITH TANK KNOLL IN THE REAR AND SOUTH PIER IN THE FOREGROUND DURIN
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
