The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. ONE OF THE JAPANESE DEFENDERS ON RIPPON RIDGE LYING AS HE FELL ALONGSIDE A PILLBOX OVERLOOKING THE AIRSTRIP.
Tarakan Island, Borneo. 1945-05-05. One of the Japanese pillboxes on Rippon Ridge which delayed for two days the capture of the airstrip by the 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF. The pillbox w
Tarakan Island, Borneo. 1945-05-05. Troops from 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF, leaving a revetment below Airstrip Ridge and advancing towards Rippon Ridge.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. B COMPANY, 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION, ADVANCING ALONG THE NORTHERN END OF TARAKAN AIRSTRIP AS SEEN FROM THE NORTHERN END OF RIPPON RIDGE, CLEARING THE AREA AROUND AIR
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. PRIVATE T.W. HIRT, B COMPANY, 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION, IN HIS BREN GUN PIT ON RIPPON FEATURE OVERLOOKING THE AIRSTRIP.
Tarakan Island, Borneo. 1945-05-05. Smoke and dust rising from Rippon Ridge during an air strike by Allied B25 Mitchell bomber aircraft. The air strike was in support of an attack by 2/24th Australian
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-05-06. A BUILT IN LOOKOUT POST ON TOP OF RIPPON FEATURE OVERLOOKING THE STRIP.
