HOB/56/0713/MC Accession Number: HOB/56/0713/MC

Description

Former coal miner and now gun layer, 2/410348 Gunner Vic Irwin, 32, of Maitland, NSW, A Troop (A Tp), 105th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), inspects his dial sight on a 25 Pounder field gun after a night time barrage against Communist positions and trails in Perak.

Details

Accession Number
HOB/56/0713/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/56/0713/MC

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