HOB/56/0717/MC Accession Number: HOB/56/0717/MC

Description

2/7376 Gunner Ray Seaborn, 20, of Katoomba, NSW, a driver with A Troop (A Tp), 105th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), checks under the bonnet of his GMC, CCKW-353 two and a half ton truck, which is used to haul ammunition and tow 25 pounder field guns. The men from A Tp are known as the 'night workers' because of their nocturnal shoots against Communist terrorist camps and trails in the Sungei Siput district of Perak.

Details

Accession Number
HOB/56/0717/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/56/0717/MC

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