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| View Original: | Batu Lintang POW camp, Sarawak, Borneo taken on or after 29 August 1945.jpg (450x334) | |||
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| Keywords: Batu Lintang POW camp, Sarawak, Borneo taken on or after 29 August 1945.jpg Aerial view of part of Batu Lintang POW camp Sarawak Borneo Photograph taken on or after 29 August 1945 as panel signals L X and III can be seen on the roof of the long building parallel to the track on the left hand edge of the picture Wednesday August 29th 1945 At 10 30 planes dropped pamphlets obviously intended for us It transpires that the pamphlet is addressed to the Japanese area commander and is written in English and Japanese The main points are as follows 1 The war is over 2 Japanese requested to establish contact with AIF by sending a deputation to meet a party of officers landing at the river mouth by Catalina Time 11am Choice of dates August 30th or September 1st or a later date 3 Can Japanese get in touch with AIF by radio 4 Will Japanese allow supplies to be dropped for POW 5 Patrols will fly over and observe Japanese answers to above to be given by following code signs L Drop supplies X Cannot get in touch by radio I Will meet you on August 30th II Will meet you on the 1st September III Will meet you on a later date In great haste the Japs laid down the L X III code signs We were disappointed to see III instead of I 6 The Japanese were told to extend the drome to 3000 metres At 3pm a couple of Beaufighters over to observe the code signs displayed Bell Frank 1991 Undercover University 115-6 Drops of supplies commenced the next day ~ 1945 044152 Donated by Mr J Pepper not stated PD-AustraliaGov Original upload log en wikipedia FtCG page en wikipedia Awm044152 jpg wikitable - 11 45 18 March 2007 450 × 334 84 999 bytes Black white Summary Kuching Probably 1945 POW camp at Batu Lintang Donated by Mr J Pepper PD-Australia </nowiki> Black and white photographs Aerial photographs of Malaysia Batu Lintang camp | ||||
