Australian soldiers at a burning oil storage facility on Tarakan Island during the fighting for Borneo; Dutch East Indies, April 12, 1945.

Oil-rich northern part of the island

Members of the 2/24th Infantry Battalion pose with captured Japanese swords and flags in Borneo, Netherlands East Indies; July 1945.

Australian Infantry

Balikpapan, a major oil producing and port city, Netherland, East Indies.  
A platoon of Australian infantry from 7th Division move forward to clear the suburb of Klandasan of any remaining Japanese; July 1945.  