The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A man (left) from the Kampong 'Landak' or 'The Village of the Porcupine', providing a demonstration on the accuracy of a blow pipe. Here he is shooting a dart into one of the Australian bush hats on top of a pole at a distance of 30 paces. The tubular container or 'quiver' for storing the darts is tied around the mans waist. The village 'Penghulu' or head man (right) looks on with interest. Some of the village huts can be seen in the background.
2/8640 Private Bob Blacklock, of Drummoyne, NSW (right), 7 Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), receiving some instruction from a village man (left) in the use of a
4/1685 Private (Pte) Arthur Horne, of Adelaide, SA (left), 7 Platoon, C Company (C Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), taking a photograph of a four year old boy smoking a cigar
3/42550 Private (Pte) Peter West, of Ballarat, Vic (left), and Pte Arthur Horne, of Adelaide, SA (right), both of 7 Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), watching a
A patrol section from 7 Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), move through a clearing as they enter the Kampong 'Landak', also known as the 'Village of the Porcupine
Informal portrait of 1/3184 Private (Pte) John Whitter, of Wynnum, Qld (left), C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), talking to a small village boy (right) from the Kampong '
A resting dog watches as 2/8640 Private (Pte) Bob Blacklock, of Drummoyne, NSW (left), 4/1685 Pte Arthur Horne, of Magill, SA (centre), and 3/42550 Pte Peter West, of Ballarat, Vic (right), all of 7 P
