The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-05-01. DENSE CLOUDS OF SMOKE RISING FROM TARAKAN FOLLOWING THE AIR STRIKE AND NAVAL BOMBARDMENT SUPPORTING THE INFANTRY LANDING BY HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE TROOPS. THE FIRST WAVE OF INFANTRY LANDED AT 0815 HOURS WITHOUT OPPOSITION UNDER THE SMOKE COVER. AN AUSTRALIAN CORVETTE LIES IN THE FOREGROUND.
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-05-01. SMOKE RISING AFTER AN AIR STRIKE AND NAVAL BOMBARDMENT WHICH SUPPORTED THE INFANTRY LANDING BY HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE TROOPS. THE FIRST WAVE OF INFANTRY LANDED A
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. SMOKE RISING FROM OIL STORAGE TANKS AT LINGKAS THE DAY BEFORE AN INFANTRY LANDING BY HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE TROOPS.
OFF BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. DENSE CLOUDS OF BLACK SMOKE RISING FROM OIL FIRES NEAR THE BEACH AS MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION MOVE IN TO MAKE A LANDING DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.
OFF BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. DENSE CLOUDS OF BLACK SMOKE RISING FROM OIL FIRES NEAR THE BEACH AS MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION MOVE IN TO MAKE A LANDING DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.
OFF TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-01. RAAF PERSONNEL WATCH A DESTROYER POUNDING AT ENEMY POSITIONS. IN THE FOREGROUND IS A LANDING CRAFT RETURNING FOR ANOTHER LOAD AFTER LANDING IN THE FIRST WAVE.
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
