Troops and supplies are unloaded on Batavia's docks in response to rising lawlessness (1945)

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With the withdrawal of Japanese control and the breakdown in civil order, British military units assume a peacekeeping role, supplying food and medical care for the civilian population, ferrying rice by Short S.25 Sunderland flying boat to Kuantan in Malaysia where LtCol Freddie Chapman of the Seaforth Highlanders is stationed

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SOUTHEAST ASIA: Various (Java, Malaysia):
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CHAPMAN. Lt.-Col. (Br) In Command at Kuantan, Java


JAVA. Br. troops landing at Batavia docks. Ship being unloaded of Medical Supplies & Food.Dr. Sukarno & Cabinet.Sunderland Flying boats landing at Kuantan,unloading rice, Lt.-Col. Chapman in Command there.


MILITARY BRITISH. Br. Troops landing at Batavia docks.


Djakarta; Indonesia; Military - Active

Frederick Spencer Chapman, Lieutenant-Colonel, Seaforth Highlanders, Java, Jakarta, Batavia, Malaya, Malaysia, Kuantan, Short Sunderland, flying boat, seaplane, rice, food, supplies, medical, health care, civil disturbance, disobedience, lawlessness, brigandry, brigands, outlaws, postwar, post-war
Background: With the withdrawal of Japanese control and the breakdown in civil order, British military units assume a peacekeeping role, supplying food and medical care for the civilian population, ferrying rice by Short S.25 Sunderland flying boat to Kuantan in Malaysia where LtCol Freddie Chapman of the Seaforth Highlanders is stationed

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