P03248.039 Accession Number: P03248.039

Description

Dili, East Timor. 20 December 1999. Members of A Battery, 8th/12th Medium Regiment singing "Merry Christmas" for a Channel Nine film crew. Identified are 112214 Warrant Officer Class 2 C. P. (Col) Watego (standing, centre, with hand obscuring face), Battery Sergeant Major, Brown (third to the left of Watego), Williamson (sitting in front of Brown) and Sergeant Hawken (centre, foreground). Williamson, the soldier sitting next to him to the right, and the soldier standing to the far right are holding an F89 Minimi 5.56mm machine guns. The soldier standing also has a detachable box magazine.

Details

Accession Number
P03248.039
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Colour
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Date Made
20 December 1999
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired through Australian War Memorial official commission 2000
Copyright
AWM copyright

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