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2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, MACASSAR, CELEBES. 1945-09-29. NX38138 SERGEANT G. HAWKES, TRADING WITH NATIVE BOYS. GENERAL TRADING WITH NATIVES IS THE MAIN ATTRACTION WITH OUR TROOPS.
George Holland, President of the Returned Services League of Australia (RSL) (right), is on a tour of Japan and Korea. Here from a sandbagged observation trench in Korea, Mr Holland scans the surroun
MACASSAR, CELEBES 1945-09-29. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. TROOPS OF THE BATTALION TRADING WITH THE LOCALS. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT F. W. BUTT)
MACASSAR, CELEBES 1945-09-29. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. TROOPS OF THE BATTALION TRADING WITH LOCALS AT A VILLAGE SHOP. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT F. W. BUTT)
MACASSAR, CELEBES 1945-09-29. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. NX38138 SERGEANT G. HAWKES (SYDNEY NSW), SX26462 SERGEANT GURCKENS (TORRENSVILLE SA), QX298097 SERGEANT W. ROBERTSON (TOOW
MACASSAR, CELEBES ISLANDS 1945-09-25. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. WHEN THE CITY WAS OCCUPIED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, MANY ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AND CIVILIAN INTERNEES WERE FREED. N
MACASSAR, CELEBES, 1945-09-21. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. BRIGADIER DOUGHERTY READ THE COMMANDER IN CHIEFS PROCLAMATION TO APPROXIMATELY 2000 NATIVES. MACASSAN NATIVES LISTENING T
2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, MACASSAR, CELEBES. 1945-10-30. TROOPS OF 2/27TH BATTALION WITH FIXED BAYONETS, MARCH THROUGH THE STREETS OF MACASSAR.
