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Pacific Theatre
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World War II
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May 1
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June 21
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1945
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Tarakan Island
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Netherlands East Indies
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Australia
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United States
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Netherlands
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Empire of Japan
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Borneo campaign (1945)
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Oboe Six
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North Borneo
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Balikpapan
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Order of battle
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Borneo campaign
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1945
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amphibious landing
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Australian
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May 1
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Allied
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Japanese
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Tarakan
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Borneo
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swamps
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jungle
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Netherlands East Indies
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oilfields
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Pacific War
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January 11
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1942
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Dutch
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two days of fighting
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Japan's occupation policies
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malnutrition
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Java
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comfort women
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oil tanker
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infantry
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battalions
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Balikpapan
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Australian 7th Division
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Battle of Balikpapan
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island's airstrip
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Brunei
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Labuan
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Balikpapan
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wing
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intelligence
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signals intelligence
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Services Reconnaissance Department's
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Borneo Campaign (1945) order of battle
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Australian 26th Brigade Group
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North Africa
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New Guinea
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2/9th Armoured Regiment
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commando squadron
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Australian First Tactical Air Force
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United States Thirteenth Air Force
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United States Seventh Fleet
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Royal Australian Navy
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Royal Australian Air Force
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U.S. Army
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LVTs
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United States Navy
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Seabee
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Landing Ship Tanks
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Ambonese
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civil affairs
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Imperial Japanese Army
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Imperial Japanese Navy
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infantry
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April 12
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April 29
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naval mines
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April 27
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May 1
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minesweepers
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April 30
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2/4th Commando Squadron
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New Guinea Campaign
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USS
Jenkins
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April 30
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HMAS
Manoora
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May 1
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amphibious landing
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beachhead
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Matilda II
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May 1
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LSTs
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May 1
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Tarakan Town
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May 2
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May 5
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porters
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booby traps
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artillery
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air support
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Thomas Blamey's
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USS
Douglas A. Munro
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May 23
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May 7
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May 10
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May 12
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Corporal John Mackey
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posthumously
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Victoria Cross
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B-24 Liberator
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close air support
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P-38 Lightning
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napalm
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May 14
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May 16
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June 14
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Radio Tokyo
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June 15
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June 19
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June 21
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RAAF
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June 28
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Brunei
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Labuan
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June 10
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landings at Balikpapan
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No. 78 Wing RAAF
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June 28
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end of the war
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December 27
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1945
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Brisbane
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Samuel Eliot Morison
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combined arms
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jungle warfare
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'Morotai Mutiny'
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invade Japan
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Netherlands East Indies
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Gavin Long's
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Samuel Eliot Morison
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Wikimedia Commons
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I Australian Corps
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ISBN 082403290X
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ISBN 0195541197
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Oxford University Press
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ISBN 0-19-551398-3
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Australia in the War of 1939–1945
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ISBN 0642994072
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ISBN 1865086541
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Long, Gavin
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Australia in the War of 1939–1945
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Long, Gavin
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Australian War Memorial
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ISBN 0642993750
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Samuel Eliot Morison
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Australia in the War of 1939–1945
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ISBN 082403290X
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ISBN 0313313954
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Royal Navy
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HMSO
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ISBN 0117728217
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2008
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03-21
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ISBN 1864482788
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2008
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03-21
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ISBN 0642265259
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Coordinates
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Conflicts in 1945
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South West Pacific theatre of World War II
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Battles and operations of World War II
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Battles involving Australia
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Japanese Occupation of Indonesia
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