The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Borneo. November 1945. Locals lined up outside the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (BBCAU) Labour Office to collect their pay on the first official pay day. One of the BBCAU policies was to ensure that locals did not become dependant on welfare and Lieutenant Colonel Tasker, Commanding Officer, Sandakan Detachment BBCAU, instructed that as many people as possible were to be given work and be paid partly with the new currency and partly with food. (Donor R. Fullford)
Sandakan, North Borneo. January 1946. Informal portrait of members of the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (BBCAU), locals and the crew of the BBCAU schooner, Myrtle Burgess, moored at the Customs Wh
Borneo. 18 October 1945. VX47925 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Harry McK. Tasker MBE, Commanding Officer Sandakan Detachment, British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (BBCAU) (left), speaking with the Former J
Sandakan, North Borneo. October 1945. A view from above, of the ruins of the town and harbour as seen from the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (BBCAU) Officers Mess. (Donor R. Fullford)
Ingleburn, NSW. June 1945. Informal group portrait of Officers of Detachment 1B, British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (BBCAU). Identified are, left to right, back row: NX102514 Major (Maj) Richard Kenned
Borneo. January 1946. Informal portrait of Public Works Department (PWD) staff made up of locals and members of the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (BBCAU) outside new PWD office. Identified are: Ca
Borneo. December 1945. Mr R. P. Ekkandath, a local surveyor employed by the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (BBCAU), laying out the site of a proposed market place and commercial area on land that u
