The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-04. A STRONG JAPANESE DEFENCE AT AIRSTRIP RIDGE. TROOPS OF 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINE A CAPTURED JAPANESE 20MM TWIN BARREL MACHINE-GUN. CAPUTRED INTACT, IT WAS HOUSED 50 YARDS WITHIN A DUGOUT AND RUN OUT ON RAILS FOR FIRING.
Borneo. May 1945. This twin-barrel 20mm Japanese gun was mounted on rails and run back into the tunnel after firing. It was built into an airstrip ridge and fired along Anzac Avenue to impede the Aust
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS AROUND A CAPTURED JAPANESE 25 MM DUAL PURPOSE GUN ON ESSEX RIDGE. THE GUN, CAPTURED IN GOOD CONDITION, IS MOUNTED ON RAILS AND RUN OUT OF 50
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-08. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, (1), WITH CAPTAIN G.B. TRAVIS, OFFICER COMMANDING D COMPANY, 2/24 INFANTRY B
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-04. STRETCHER BEARERS ATTENDING A WOUNDED MEMBER OF 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION AT AIRSTRIP RIDGE.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-04. B COMPANY, 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION WOUNDED BEING CARRIED DOWN FROM AIRSTRIP RIDGE.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. ONE OF THE JAPANESE DEFENDERS ON RIPPON RIDGE LYING AS HE FELL ALONGSIDE A PILLBOX OVERLOOKING THE AIRSTRIP.
