018878 Accession Number: 018878

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Photograph 018880 Second World War, 1939-1945

Borneo. 26 July 1945. A local civilian passes our troops on a track on the outskirts of Samboja, thirty eight miles from Balikpapan. The town was taken without opposition.

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Photograph 018877 Second World War, 1939-1945

Borneo. 26 July 1945. Sapper Tom Strickland of Melbourne, Vic, spelling on the main highway leading to the town of Samboja, the third largest oilfield in Dutch Borneo. It is thirty eight miles from Ba

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Photograph 018881 Second World War, 1939-1945

Borneo. 26 July 1945. The town of Samboja, thirty eight miles from Balikpapan was heavily shelled before it was occupied by our troops. The town was taken without resistance but the Japanese destroyed

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Photograph 018879 Second World War, 1939-1945

Borneo. 26 July 1945. Lieutenant Keith McDermott of Sydney, NSW, studies his map prior to the final move into the town of Samboja, thirty eight miles from Balikpapan. It is the third largest oilfield

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Photograph 018882 Second World War, 1939-1945

Borneo. 26 July 1945. When the Australian forces captured Samboja, thirty eight miles from Balikpapan, they found most of the natives in a semi-starved condition. A patrol is shown passing a native wh

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Photograph 018925 Second World War, 1939-1945

Balikpapan, Borneo. 1945-07-18. Many cases of malnutrition were among the natives of Samboja, thirty eight miles from Balikpapan, when Australian troops captured the town. Here a war correspondent han