KING'S BIRTHDAY PARADE IN BATAVIA [Allocated Title]

In Batavia, Java, Netherlands East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia) British and Indian forces mount a parade to mark the King's birthday, and Lieutenant-General Eric Mansergh, commander Allied Forces Netherlands East Indies, takes the salute.

Views of troops on parade. Flags of the British Empire flying. Mansergh arrives with military police escort. Officers and officials at the salute. Parade commander salutes Mansergh. Mansergh inspects troops, including the RAF Regiment and a detachment of 2nd Air Formation Signals. Mansergh leads the parade in a Royal salute. Union flag flying. Leading three cheers. Parade with the smoke of a gun salute in the background (presumably by 178th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery). Presenting arms. March past led by a jeep. Lorries towing Ordnance 25-pounder field guns of 178th Field Regiment. Sherman medium tanks of 13th Lancers; noticeably clean and gleaming in the sun, parade past Mansergh, who takes the salute. Indian troops passing; they wear white hackles (2nd Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers?). More troops passing. RAF Regiment. Flypast by RAF Thunderbolt fighter-bombers; with the pipe band of the 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders in the foreground. Seaforth band. Patiala Infantry pipe band. Mansergh leaving the base. Local spectators.

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