HOB/56/0285/MC Accession Number: HOB/56/0285/MC

Description

Silhouetted against the dawn mist, Number 2 (B2) gun crew of B Troop, 105th Field Battery, clean their QF 25 pounder field gun, following an all night shoot directed against Communist terrorists hiding out in the Hills of Southern Kedah. On the night of the 1st and 2nd January 1956, these QF 25 pounder field guns were the first, since 1945 to be fired in anger against an enemy.

Details

Accession Number
HOB/56/0285/MC
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
2 January 1956
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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