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Photograph 110430 Second World War, 1939-1945BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 18 INFANTRY BRIGADE WHO HAVE JUST LANDED AT YELLOW BEACH, RELAX UNDER COVER WHILE WAITING FOR ORDERS TO ADVANCE DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.

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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-02. TROOPS OF THE 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, HAVING LANDED ON YELLOW BEACH, AWAIT ORDERS TO MOVE FORWARD TO SECURE A LINE FROM FEATURES NEWSREEL TO CHILTON ROAD AS THEIR FIRST OBJECTIVE.
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 18 INFANTRY BRIGADE WHO HAVE JUST LANDED AT YELLOW BEACH, RELAX UNDER COVER WHILE WAITING FOR ORDERS TO ADVANCE DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-01. MEMBERS OF 2/10 INFANTRY BATTALION LANDING AT YELLOW BEACH FROM ALLIGATORS, AMERICAN AMPHIBIOUS TRACK VEHICLES, READY TO MOVE INLAND DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-01. MEMBERS OF 2/10 INFANTRY BATTALION LANDING AT YELLOW BEACH FROM ALLIGATORS, AMERICAN AMPHIBIOUS TRACK VEHICLES, READY TO MOVE INLAND DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-02. TROOPS OF THE 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION TAKE SHELTER AS A JAPANESE MORTAR BOMB LANDS WITHIN A FEW YARDS OF THEIR BIVOUAC AREA.

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07. MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION LANDED AT YELLOW BEACH, BALIKPAPAN, ON 1945-07-01. SHOWN, NATIVE LABOURERS CLEARING AWAY BOMB DAMAGE.

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07. MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION LANDED AT YELLOW BEACH AND CAPTURED BALIKPAPAN ON 1945-07-01. SHOWN, JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR ARRIVING AT BALIKPAPAN FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
