HOB/56/0643/MC Accession Number: HOB/56/0643/MC

Description

An Auster aircraft, piloted by Captain S R Whitehead, of the UK Light Liaison Flight, taxis across the sports field at Kuala Kangsar as it prepares to take off with Lieutenant General Sir Henry Wells, KBE, CB, DSO, Chief of the General Staff Australian Army and 3/141 Lieutenant Colonel J G Ochiltree, MBE, commanding officer, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) for an airborne inspection of the 2RAR lines.

Details

Accession Number
HOB/56/0643/MC
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
July 1956
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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