HOB/56/0493/MC Accession Number: HOB/56/0493/MC

Description

Heavily laden members of D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), move past an unidentified perimeter guard, and out into the rubber trees, as they leave their Company base at Lintang for the start of an eight day ambush patrol in the jungle of Perak.

Details

Accession Number
HOB/56/0493/MC
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 1956
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession HOB/56/0493/MC

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