2/23 Inf. Battalion on Tarakan Island

Coverage of activities in Tarakan area made up from Cpl Doug Hardy’s original job numbers 359, 365, 366 & 367. VX147635 Private (Pte) Reginald Vincent Clarke and VX142554 Pte Peter Leslie Dow of 11th Platoon B Company 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion. NX58227 Pte Ernest William Harding of D Coy 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, comforting two young Chinese children. Crew of Matilda tank C Squadron, 2/9th Australian Armoured Regiment on Collins Highway. Pte Bourke (?) takes a spell and has a dixie of coffee.