HOBJ5559 Accession Number: HOBJ5559

Description

Machine gunners and mortar men, the specialists of a Battalion, need a lot of practice to maintain their high degree of proficiency at arms. Recently members of the mortar and machine gun platoons of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), carried out highly accurate field firing shoots near the Imjin River in Korea. Seen here an unidentified member of a machine gun crew feeds the ammunition during the practice.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ5559
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
1 December 1954
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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