110617

110617

Image copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

ID number
110617
Photographer
Burke, Frank Albert Charles
Object type
Black & white
Place made
Borneo: Brunei Bay Area, Seria
Date made
1 July 1945
Physical description
Black & white
Credit line
Donor Military History Section
Collection
Photograph
Description
Members of 3rd Platoon, 2/3 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAA) and their native labourers under the command of Captain R H Beukema, Netherlands East Indies Army, unloading fire fighting equipment from their truck at the scene of an oilwell fire. To date, this unit has extinguished 17 out of the 35 oilwell fires on this field.
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