Battle of Tarakan (1945)
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Preparations
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Rear-Admiral Forrest Royal, Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Morshead and Air Vice-Marshal William Bostock during discussions of the planned landing at Tarakan on 12 April 1945
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Soldiers from the 2/48th Battalion watch part of the convoy which is taking them to Tarakan
Allied landing
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A RAN beach commando at Sadau Island on 30 April 1945
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Members of the Australian 2/4th Cavalry Commando Squadron raise the Australian flag over Sadau Island on 30 April 1945. This was the first time Australian troops had captured non-Australian territory during the Pacific War.
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The smokescreen laid by USAAF B-25 Mitchell bombers to protect Australian engineers clearing beach obstacles off the Tarakan landing beaches on 30 April 1945
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Engineers from the 2/13 Field Company rest after clearing beach defences on 30 April 1945
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Members of the 2/7th Field Regiment load a 25 Pounder gun on Sadau Island on 1 May 1945
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The second wave of the 2/48th Infantry Battalion leaving HMAS Manoora
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Landing Ship Tanks carrying No. 61 Wing RAAF approach Tarakan Island on 1 May 1945
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LSTs on Red Beach following the initial landing
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Members of the 2/23rd Battalion at Tank Hill on 1 May 1945
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A 25 Pounder gun in action on 1 May 1945
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Australian soldiers raise the Australian flag on a bamboo pole at Lingkas on 1 May 1945
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The Allied invasion fleet off Tarakan on 1 May
Subsequent fighting
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A Vickers medium machine gun team providing supporting fire for patrols from D Company, 2/23rd Battalion during the fighting for Tarakan Hill on 2 May 1945
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A 2/7th Field Regiment gun crew move a short 25 Pounder on 2 May
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RAAF trucks coming ashore from a LST on 4 May 1945
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LSTs 584 and 585 standed on the beach at Lingkas
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Tarakan Hill about three afters after it was captured by the 2/4th Cavalry Commando Squadron
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A Matilda II tank supporting the 2/24th Battalion on 5 May
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Members of the 2/4th Cavalry Commando Squadron on Tarakan Ridge on 5 May
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Members of C Company, 2/48th Battalion digging in on Collins Ridge on 5 May
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Soldiers from the 2/48th Infantry Battalion fire a 3-inch mortar at a Japanese-held ridge on 6 May
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Australian casualties from the attack on the Sykes feature
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D Company, 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion moving along John's Track on 14 May
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A Matilda II tank of the Australian 2/9th Armoured Regiment firing its three-inch howitzer at Japanese positions on 20 May
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Members of D Company, 2/48th Battalion digging in on Freda Feature on 25 May
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Australian soldiers prepare to burn then bury the corpse of a Japanese soldier on Freda Feature on 25 May
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Members of the Australian 2/4th Cavalry Commando Company unload a landing craft mechanised (LCM) during operations to clear Japanese stragglers
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Australian B-24 Liberator heavy bombers making a bomb run on Margy Feature on 31 May
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A soldier from the 2/24th Battalion wounded during the attack on Margy Feature being transported to hospital in a jeep ambulance
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A soldier from the Australian 2/23rd Battalion using a flamethrower against a Japanese bunker on Margy Feature on 1 June
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RAAF ground controllers directing B-24 Liberator heavy bombers which are attacking Joyce and Lizzie features
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Machine gunners from the 2/2nd Machine Gun Company using a captured Japanese Machine Gun to attack Joyce Feature on 11 June
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Members of the Australian 2/4th Cavalry Commando Squadron in June 1945.
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Members of 16 Platoon, D Company, 2/23 Infantry Battalion, grouped on Margy Feature
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The remaining members of C Company, 2/24th Infantry Battalion on 2 July 1945
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A Troop, 132 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery during a drill on 18 July
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Members of the 26th Brigade at the dedication ceremony for the Tarakan War Cemetery on 30 September.
Portraits
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Corporal John Bernard Mackey VC
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General Thomas Blamey and Brigadier David Whitehead and other Australian Army personnel inspect a captured Japanese 25mm gun on 8 May
Civilians
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Tarakanese civilians in an Allied compound on 1 May 1945
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An aerial view of Tarakan Town on 7 May showing damage caused by Allied bombardment
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Residents of Juata Village en route to a NICA camp after evacuating their village on 9 May
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RAAF engineers and local civilians working on the airstrip on 10 May
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Civilians working on the airstrip on 14 May
Maps
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The movements of Allied units during the Battle of Tarakan in 1945
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Allied intelligence estimates of Japanese defences as of April 1945 and code names for locations