CUN/65/0720/MC Accession Number: CUN/65/0720/MC

Description

Comparing their tattoos is Gani (left), an Iban tracker with the Sarawak Rangers and 16788 Private (Pte) Warren Reginald Mears, of Maryborough, Qld, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). Both men have just returned from a patrol to their forward company base close to the
Sarawak-Kalimantan border. Private Mears is armed with an Owen machine carbine, and he served later in South Vietnam with 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) between 1967 and 1968.

Details

Accession Number
CUN/65/0720/MC
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Measurement
Overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 7/16 in
Image: 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in
Date Made
c 1965
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession CUN/65/0720/MC

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