Description
Three unidentified members of a machine gun platoon of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), quickly set up their .303 Vickers medium machine gun on a grassy hill. The soldier wearing a helmet (right), is passing a loaded ammunition belt to the soldier weqring a slouch hat (centre), while another soldier wearing a beret (left) waits to to receive it and load it into the gun. The gun's water tube is coiled around the barrel of the gun and has not yet been connected to a water tank.
Details
Accession Number
HOBJ1679
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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