HOB/56/0636/MC Accession Number: HOB/56/0636/MC

Description

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Wells, KBE, CB, DSO, Chief of the General Staff Australian Army (foreground second from right, in light uniform) and his entourage watch three soldiers from D Company (D Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), get their 'eye in' with Owen guns at the Battalion range. The range is on the fringe of a rubber plantation and the firing platform has been constructed from steel ammunition boxes, sandbags and rubberised canvas groundsheets. Other soldiers from D Coy are standing behind a stack of ammunition boxes in the background.

Details

Accession Number
HOB/56/0636/MC
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
July 1956
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession HOB/56/0636/MC

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