The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Wells, KBE, CB, DSO, Chief of the General Staff Australian Army (third from left) and his entourage, talk with unidentified members of a gun crew of B Troop, 105th Field Battery during an inspection tour of Australian Installations in Malaya. A QF 25 pounder field gun sits with cartridges at the ready (right). B troops gun line is located on the site of a disused tin mine.
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sir Henry Wells, KBE, CB, DSO, Chief of the General Staff Australian Army (wearing light coloured uniform in foreground) and his entourage, inspecting a gun crew of B Troop
A QF 25 pounder gun crew of B Troop, 105th Field Battery, prepare to fire their QF 25 pounder field gun at Communist positions in the hills of Southern Kedah.
2/2232 Bombardier, Bruce Taylor, of Revesby, NSW, B Troop, 105th Field Battery, makes light work of carrying ammunition boxes containing 25 pounder shells to the B Troop gun site. Part of a barrel and
Signalmen of B Troop, 105th Field Battery, setting up a wireless aerial in preparation for the first strike against Communist terrorists. Four QF 25 Pounder Field Guns are positioned ready for firing
Two gunners of B Troop, 105th Field Battery, carefully removing the sliding breech block and firing mechanism from a QF 25 pounder field gun in preparation for cleaning and servicing.
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Wells, KBE, CB, DSO, Chief of the General Staff Australian Army (left), is on an inspection tour of all the Australian installations in Malaya. He has just travelled by ro
