5928271 Australian troops landing on Balikpapan, south east Borneo, April 1945 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Australian troops landing on Balikpapan, south east Borneo, April 1945. Photograph, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945), 1945. The Allies landed on Borneo in a series of amphibious assaults between April and July 1945. These aimed to secure its oil and establish the island as a launch pad for the liberation of the Dutch East Indies Indonesia). From a collection of 650 photographs compiled by the Commando Association.); by National Army Museum .