AWM caption : Borneo: Balikpapan. Australian soldiers sit on a captured <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_92_tankette" class="extiw" title="en:Type 92 tankette">Type 92 Japanese tankette</a>, serial number 88, on the beach. Left to right:
<ul><li>Trooper Doug Jasprizza</li>
<li>Trooper Kevin Brett</li>
<li>Trooper Brian Bourke (sitting in turret)</li>
<li>Trooper John Dean</li>
<li>Trooper Bert Castellari</li>
<li>Trooper Max Watkins</li>
<li>Trooper Tom Gallagher (who is naked).</li></ul><p>The tankette was captured on 1 July 1945 by the 2/9th Battalion of the 18th Infantry Brigade, who handed it over to the 1st Australian Armoured Regiment to keep it running. The tankette was the first of its kind to be found in the South West Pacific area by Australian troops. On 27 December 1945 it was transported to Australia on the SS Winchester Victory.<br>
In the background is a wrecked <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBY_Catalina" class="extiw" title="en:PBY Catalina">Catalina aircraft</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._42_Squadron_RAAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 42 Squadron RAAF">No 42 Squadron</a>.<br></p>
The tankette is now held in the collection of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_War_Memorial" class="extiw" title="en:Australian War Memorial">Australian War Memorial</a> with accession number REL/16287.
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