On 8 October 1945, Japanese troops from Colonel Iemura's force were disarmed at Jesselton in North Borneo. An Australian War Memorial photograph records prisoners queuing to be searched. They were also medically examined and marched under guard of the 2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion into a prisoner-of-war compound.
The catalogue says the prisoners were judged fit and used to build additional compounds for other Japanese personnel. The image does not establish individual waiting times or emotions, and those should not be supplied.
This was not a voluntary service queue. It was one stage in a coercive process of disarmament, bodily inspection, and confinement. The photograph shows defeat being administered to individual bodies, one place in line at a time.
The source review records an ordered wait tied to this candidate's date and place. The article was re-edited against that direct evidence without adding unverified crowd sizes or waiting times.