HOB/56/0714/MC Accession Number: HOB/56/0714/MC

Description

After a night shoot against Communist positions in the jungle of Perak, these gunners from A Troop, 105th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) clean and service their 25 pounder field gun. Identified from left to right are: 2/8202 Gunner (Gnr) Len Leon, of Quirindi, NSW; 2/6157 Gnr Keith Elsley, of Quirindi, NSW; 2/2208 Bombardier Stan Holmes, of Sandy Hollow, NSW.

Details

Accession Number
HOB/56/0714/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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