Title:PUNJABIS RETURN TO SARAWAK [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 506
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Indian troops of 9th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment arrive at Kuching, capital of Sarawak, after a complex transshipping operation.
Description: Indian troops board a small vessel, probably the Australian Army's AS 1785, a Seine net trawler, from the «Doris» (AV 2084, operated by the Royal Australian Engineers). Looking along the side of the AV 2084 as troops climb down nets from the «SS Lake Charles Victory», the American Victory ship on which the troops had sailed from Saigon in French Indo-China. Looking up at troops climbing down the net which is made of chains with wooden rungs; the swell is apparent. The AS 1785 casts off to transfer troops to the Royal Navy River Class frigate «HMS Nith» (K215); as the boat moves off a number of Indian troops wave to the camera. Men stepping ashore from Japanese landing craft at Kuching. Men forming up on the quayside with Japanese troops nearby. The men board lorries. Local civilians watch the loaded lorries pass. More footage of troops descending nets. Soldiers and sailors on board «HMS Nith» as the cameraman's vessel casts off; the vessel's pennant number can be read on the side of the hull and there are troops on the forecastle. Looking down on AS 1785 from AV 2084. A cargo net of kit is lowered into the hold of AV 2084 through a hatch and a number of men guide it in.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Gordon, J (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, NITH (HMS) (regiment/service)
United States Merchant Navy, LAKE CHARLES VICTORY (SS), freighter (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 14th Punjab Regiment, 9th Battalion (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 32nd Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
Australian Army, Royal Australian Engineers (regiment/service)
Keywords: Kuching, British Borneo (geography)
Sarawak, Malaysia (geography)
Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
