The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-09. LOOKING SOUTH SOUTH WEST AT A LINE OF WOODEN POSTS 1 FOOT IN DIAMETER RUNNING OUT TO JOIN TWO LINES OF POSTS IN THE BACKGROUND. LOCATED WITHIN THE HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE AREA, IT FORMED PART OF THE JAPANESE BEACH DEFENCES.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-09. LOOKING NORTH WEST ALONG THE SMALL 4-FOOT HIGH BREASTWORK TO THE REAR OF THE WALL, WITH A PILLBOX IN THE BACKGROUND. LOCATED WITHIN THE HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRI
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-09. THE PILLBOX ON THE CORNER OF THE WALL LOCATED WITHIN THE HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE AREA, AND LOOKING DUE WEST. IT FORMED PART OF THE JAPANESE BEACH DEFENCES.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-09. A PILLBOX SOUTHEAST OF THE MAIN JETTY, NOW LOCATED WITHIN THE HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE AREA. VIEWED FROM THE RIGHT OF THE BREACH LOOKING NORTH WEST AND SHOW
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-05-09. LOOKING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE MAIN KPM JETTY AT LOW TIDE, LOCATED WITHIN THE HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE AREA. THE VIEW AT LOW TIDE INDICATES THE DOUBLE SPACED 6 FOOT
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-09. THE SEAWARD VIEW LOOKING NORTH- NORTH- EAST OF A PILLBOX WITHIN HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE AREA. IT SHOWS THE PARTIALLY BREACHED WALL ON THE LEFT AND AN INTAC
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-05-08. LOOKING FROM RED BEACH, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY HEADQUARTERS LOCATED WITHIN THE HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE AREA, IN AN EAST-SOUTH-EASTERLY DIRECTION, AT AN ANTI-TANK W
