BORNEO INVASION
ANNOUNCED BY MACARTHUR
LONDON, May 2
General Mac Arthur has confirmed the fact that Australian troops have 'landed on Borneo. They quickly established a bridgehead, and there has been no Japanese sea or air opposition.
i The landing was made on the island joiTarakan, the big oil centre off the [sxorth-east coast. It was protected by units of the U.S. 7th Fleet and war*«hips of the Royal Australian Navy.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450503.2.69
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 103, 3 May 1945, Page 8
Word Count
71BORNEO INVASION Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 103, 3 May 1945, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in