The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
At Sea, Borneo. 1945. In the Chart Room of HMAS Lachlan where new charts and other important details are coordinated and prepared prior to landing operations. Data is collected by several means and in some cases small boats of the Lachlan move in to within fifty yards of enemy-held beaches in order to obtain accurate information of beachhead waters through which landing craft will move. The Lachlan worked in the waters off Tarakan coast for four days prior to the actual landing.
Pacific Area 53. 1945. Hoisting signal flags on HMAS Lachlan is Signalman C. J. Green of Beverley Hills, NSW. Lachlan won honours in the Australian landing on Tarakan when she surveyed and buoyed the
Borneo. May 1945. Landing ships, tank (LSTs) 584 and 585 sitting high and dry on the muddy beachhead at Tarakan waiting for the tide to float them off. These muddy beaches were a problem to engineers
Borneo. May 1945. Landing ships, tank (LSTs) sitting high and dry on the muddy beachhead at Tarakan waiting for the tide to float them off. These muddy beaches were a problem to engineers unloading st
The job of cleaning and preparing the sea routes for amphibious landings is just one of the hazardous jobs carried out by ships of the RAN. Australian built and fitted frigate HMAS Lachlan surveyed an
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. SMOKE SCREEN LAID BY B25 "MITCHELL" BOMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS TO COVER THE BREACHING OF UNDERWATER OBSTACLES AT RED BEACH, GREEN BEACH AND YELLOW
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. SMOKE SCREEN LAID BY B25 "MITCHELL" BOMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS TO COVER THE BREACHING OF UNDERWATER OBSTACLES AT RED BEACH, GREEN BEACH AND YELLOW
