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Photograph 018835 Second World War, 1939-1945Balikpapan, Borneo. July 1945. Multiple heavy coastal guns on Parramatta Ridge, were knocked out of action by our naval bombardment before landing.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945. AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN WITH JAPANESE GUNS ON PARRAMATTA RIDGE OVERLOOKING BALIKPAPAN.
Balikpapan, Borneo. July 1945. Multiple heavy coastal guns on Parramatta Ridge, were knocked out of action by our naval bombardment before landing.

Balikpapan, Borneo. 1945-07. Australian Vickers machine-gunners from the 18th Brigade, 2nd AIF fire on Japanese positions from Parramatta Ridge. In the background the oil storage tank has been burning

BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 6 JULY 1945. A JAPANESE 6 INCH NAVAL GUN ON PARRAMATTA RIDGE SHOWING THE MECHANISM. IT WAS FOUND BY MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-11. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO ARRIVE AT BALIKPAPAN. NUMBERING ABOUT 400 THEY WERE BROUGHT TO BROWN BEACH BY LCM'S (LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED) FROM THE HEADWAT

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-11-06. UNIDENTIFIED OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS OF "D" COMPANY, 2/33RD BATTALION, AT NO. 5 JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, PARRAMATTA RIDGE. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT R. DONALDSON)

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-11-06. UNIDENTIFIED "D" COMPANY COOKS OF THE 2/33RD BATTALION WHICH GUARDS THE NO. 5 JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, PARRAMATTA RIDGE. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT R. DONALDSON)
