HOB/56/0296/MC Accession Number: HOB/56/0296/MC

Description

1/3543 Gunner (Gnr) Ken Borgges, of West End, Qld, 3/10188 Gnr Jock Allan, of Mosman, NSW, 1/3446 Gnr Ian Jewell, of Murgon, Qld and 1/3381 Gnr Allan Jacobsen, of Rockhampton, Qld, all signallers with B troop, 105th Field Battery using a Number 19 wireless set to communicate with their battery headquarters. The men are armed with an Owen gun and three Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbines. Two QF 25 pounder field guns are positioned in the background.

Details

Accession Number
HOB/56/0296/MC
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
January 1956
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession HOB/56/0296/MC

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