The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Borneo. May 1945. This twin-barrel 20mm Japanese gun was mounted on rails and run back into the tunnel after firing. It was built into an airstrip ridge and fired along Anzac Avenue to impede the Australian advance on Tarakan.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-04. A STRONG JAPANESE DEFENCE AT AIRSTRIP RIDGE. TROOPS OF 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINE A CAPTURED JAPANESE 20MM TWIN BARREL MACHINE-GUN. CAPUTRED INTACT, IT WAS HOU
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS AROUND A CAPTURED JAPANESE 25 MM DUAL PURPOSE GUN ON ESSEX RIDGE. THE GUN, CAPTURED IN GOOD CONDITION, IS MOUNTED ON RAILS AND RUN OUT OF 50
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-08. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, (1), WITH CAPTAIN G.B. TRAVIS, OFFICER COMMANDING D COMPANY, 2/24 INFANTRY B
BRUNEI AREA, NORTH BORNEO. 14 JUNE 1945. PRIVATE B K F COLLYER, B COMPANY, 2/17 INFANTRY BATTALION, MOVING ALONG THE MAIN ROAD ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE TOWN. IN FOREGROUND IS A JAPANESE 20MM TWIN BARRE
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE 25MM TWIN BARREL, DUAL PURPOSE (TANK ATTACK AND ANTI TANK GUN) MOUNTED ON A STEEL SLIDE. EARTH FILLED PETROL DRUMS FORM A PARTIAL REVETMENT.
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-08. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, WITH BRIGADIER D.A. WHITEHEAD, COMMAND 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, (3), EXAMINING A
