NAVY10122 Accession Number: NAVY10122

Description

A sailor from the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Division of the RAN, possibly a seaman, carrying out small arms training onboard the General Purpose Vessel, HMAS Banks. He is holding a Thompson sub-machine gun with its magazine removed. This ship carried out fishery patrols from Manus Island (HMAS Tarangau) and was also used to train PNG naval personnel of the RAN.

Details

Accession Number
NAVY10122
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Date Made
c 1966
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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