CUN/61/0425/MC Accession Number: CUN/61/0425/MC

Description

Major (Maj) B G Rankine (left), of Margate, Qld, Citizen Military Forces (CMF) is getting a lesson in jungle tracking from an unidentified Iban tracker (centre) of the Sarawak Rangers who is attached to 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR). 5/410739 Private (Pte) Arthur E Jackson (right), aged 22, of Kalgoorlie, WA, 1RAR, looks on. The Iban tracker is armed with a 7.62mm L1A1 self loading rifle (SLR) and Pte Jackson is armed with a 9mm Owen machine carbine.

Details

Accession Number
CUN/61/0425/MC
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Measurement
Overall: 3 15/16 in x 4 15/16 in
Image: 3 11/16 in x 4 3/4 in
Date Made
April 1961
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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