The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. 2/23RD INFANTRY BATTALION SIGNALLERS USE A JEEP TRAILER AS A TABLE WHILE LUNCHING OUTSIDE A WRECKED BUILDING ALONGSIDE THE AIRSTRIP. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE G. GRIFFITHS, (1); PRIVATE B. SMYTHE, (2); CORPORAL W. FEARNE, (3); PRIVATE G. PAINTER, (4); PRIVATE R. GALLAGHER, (5); PRIVATE F. FIRTH, (6).
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. CAPTAIN C B W 'CAPPY' RADFORD, SALVATION ARMY WELFARE OFFICER, (2), SERVING COFFEE TO 2/23 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS AT TACTICAL HEADQUARTERS BESIDE A WRECKED BUILDING NEA
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS IN MOVEMENT BY JEEP THROUGH THE AIRSTRIP, TOWING A JAPANESE JUNGLE CART. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- DRIVER NEUMANN, (1); LIEUTENANT L
Tarakan Island, Borneo. 1945-05-06. Some of the graders operated by No 8 Airfield Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, at work building the airstrip for Allied use.
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-02. PRIVATE G. GRIFFITHS, (1), AND PRIVATE C. GORK, (2), MEMBERS OF TAC HEADQUARTERS TO B COMPANY AT GOONUNG LINGKAS VILLAGE.
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-05-04. CORPORAL G. WILSON, 49 WIRELESS SECTION (HEAVY), ADJUSTING EQUIPMENT, A 5KVA PETROL ELECTRIC GENERATOR 240 VOLT WHICH IS MOUNTED ON A JEEP TRAILER AND USED TO SUPPLY POWER
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. PRIVATE H.M. WILLIAMS, (1), AND WARRANT OFFICER G.L. HART, (2), WITH AN ORANGOUTANG FOUND UNDER A BUILDING ON TARAKAN WHEN OCCUPIED BY HEADQUARTERS 2/23 INFANTRY BATTALION
