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Australian soldiers posing with a captured Japanese Type 92 tankette and wrecked No. 42 Squadron RAAF Catalina aircraft, Balikpapan, Borneo, 1945

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Caption     Australian soldiers posing with a captured Japanese Type 92 tankette and wrecked No. 42 Squadron RAAF Catalina aircraft, Balikpapan, Borneo, 1945 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Borneo, Dutch East Indies
Date  Aug 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseAustralian War Memorial
Identification Code   P02125.001
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 640 x 442 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed C. Peter Chen says:
19 Aug 2014 07:11:39 PM

The men were Doug Jasprizza, Kevin Brett, Brian Bourke (sitting in turret), John Dean, Bert Castellari, Max Watkins, and Tom Gallagher. The tankette, serial number 88, was captured on 1 Jul 1945.

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