400. Labuan Island - members of the Battalion that captured the airstrip clamber over wrecked Japanese bomber

377. Preparations for embarkation for the British North Borneo landing

378. United States Alligators arriving at a pre-embarkation area prior to the British North Borneo landing ...

379. ... landing on British North Borneo - here at an Australian Army supply dump in Dutch East Indies food supplies are prepared for loading on the invasion craft

380. A prewar interstate passenger liner which carried troops ... was also used in the British Borneo landing

381. P.T. boat patrol off Seria, near Brunei Bay, British North Borneo, during Allied invasion operations. Smoke from Seria oilwells ... in the background

382. Tarakan - an Australian tank which was blown up by a Jap land mine along Anzac Avenue ...

383. Tarakan - bringing Australian wounded out from the firing line ...

384. Tarakan - a Japanese pillbox which covered Anzac Highway leading to the airstrip ...

385. Tarakan - LST

386. Anti-tank traps were flooded with oil by the Japanese at the Tarakan-head ...

387. A view of the old Dutch barracks near the beach-head at Tarakan

388. Australian armed with Owen gun during operations on Labuan Island, British North Borneo, stands guard at barbed wire enclosure for Japanese war prisoners

389. Labuan Island - Japanese in retreat ... shows pioneers of the Australian Ninth Division repairing a damaged road while natives return to the protection of our lines

390. Labuan Island ... infanteers take cover behind an Australian tank and a damaged Jap truck ...

391-392. Labuan Island - a view of what was once the pretty little town of Victoria ... wrecked by our bombs and shelling ...

393. Labuan Island - war correspondents Alan Dawes (Melbourne Herald) and Bill Smith (Dept. of Information)

394. Labuan Island - two infantrymen set out on patrol ... on the alert for Japanese snipers

395. Labuan Island - two Javanese ... captured by members of the 9th Australian Division and questioned by them

396. Labuan Island - as Australian infantry advance north-west from the Labuan airstrip they come under sniper fire ...

397. Labuan Island - Brigadier S.H. Porter holding a map ... points out to senior officers the disposition of his troops

398. The landing of Australians on Labuan Island - Australian assault troops crowd the decks of American landing craft infantry

399. Labuan Island ... Australian soldiers gave biscuits and sweets to civilians ...

401. Last dash to shore aboard American manned alligators during the landing of Australian troops at Balikpapan ... in background smoke from ruins of enemy positions and burning oil-wells

402. Balikpapan - nursing sisters of 2nd 12th Australian General Hospital ... are ferried ashore

403. Balikpapan - first Australian nurses to arrive ... by the hospital ship `Wanganella

404. Balikpapan - some of the men of the 7th Australian Division

405. Balikpapan - with the cessation of fighting ... thousands of natives are now streaming back to their home villages carrying their meagre belongings ...

406. Balikpapan - a view of the native hospital ... [interior]

407. Balikpapan - native children swarm around Australian 7th Division troops ...

408. Balikpapan - Sapper R. Hoskins of Melbourne of the 2nd 4th Field Squadron Engineers places steel mesh and barbed wire around an enclosure ... to accommodate Japanese prisoners-of-war

Official World War II photographs of Australia's Pacific Campaign

377. Preparations for embarkation for the British North Borneo landing
378. United States Alligators arriving at a pre-embarkation area prior to the British North Borneo landing ...
379. ... landing on British North Borneo - here at an Australian Army supply dump in Dutch East Indies food supplies are prepared for loading on the invasion craft
380. A prewar interstate passenger liner which carried troops ... was also used in the British Borneo landing
381. P.T. boat patrol off Seria, near Brunei Bay, British North Borneo, during Allied invasion operations. Smoke from Seria oilwells ... in the background
382. Tarakan - an Australian tank which was blown up by a Jap land mine along Anzac Avenue ...
383. Tarakan - bringing Australian wounded out from the firing line ...
384. Tarakan - a Japanese pillbox which covered Anzac Highway leading to the airstrip ...
385. Tarakan - LST's sitting high and dry on the muddy beach-head waiting for the tide to float them off ...
386. Anti-tank traps were flooded with oil by the Japanese at the Tarakan-head ...
387. A view of the old Dutch barracks near the beach-head at Tarakan
388. Australian armed with Owen gun during operations on Labuan Island, British North Borneo, stands guard at barbed wire enclosure for Japanese war prisoners
389. Labuan Island - Japanese in retreat ... shows pioneers of the Australian Ninth Division repairing a damaged road while natives return to the protection of our lines
390. Labuan Island ... infanteers take cover behind an Australian tank and a damaged Jap truck ...
391-392. Labuan Island - a view of what was once the pretty little town of Victoria ... wrecked by our bombs and shelling ...
393. Labuan Island - war correspondents Alan Dawes (Melbourne Herald) and Bill Smith (Dept. of Information)
394. Labuan Island - two infantrymen set out on patrol ... on the alert for Japanese snipers
395. Labuan Island - two Javanese ... captured by members of the 9th Australian Division and questioned by them
396. Labuan Island - as Australian infantry advance north-west from the Labuan airstrip they come under sniper fire ...
397. Labuan Island - Brigadier S.H. Porter holding a map ... points out to senior officers the disposition of his troops
398. The landing of Australians on Labuan Island - Australian assault troops crowd the decks of American landing craft infantry
399. Labuan Island ... Australian soldiers gave biscuits and sweets to civilians ...
400. Labuan Island - members of the Battalion that captured the airstrip clamber over wrecked Japanese bomber
401. Last dash to shore aboard American manned alligators during the landing of Australian troops at Balikpapan ... in background smoke from ruins of enemy positions and burning oil-wells
402. Balikpapan - nursing sisters of 2nd 12th Australian General Hospital ... are ferried ashore
403. Balikpapan - first Australian nurses to arrive ... by the hospital ship `Wanganella'
404. Balikpapan - some of the men of the 7th Australian Division 
405. Balikpapan - with the cessation of fighting ... thousands of natives are now streaming back to their home villages carrying their meagre belongings ...
406. Balikpapan - a view of the native hospital ... [interior]
407. Balikpapan - native children swarm around Australian 7th Division troops ...
408. Balikpapan - Sapper R. Hoskins of Melbourne of the 2nd 4th Field Squadron Engineers places steel mesh and barbed wire around an enclosure ... to accommodate Japanese prisoners-of-war

[Borneo - North Borneo, Tarakan, Labuan Island, Balikpapan]

400. Labuan Island - members of the Battalion that captured the airstrip clamber over wrecked Japane...

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