The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Using a cleaning rod to clear carbon deposits from the inside of the barrel of a 105mm L5 Pack Howitzer is 5411140 Gunner (Gnr) Graham Malcolm Parker (left), of Innaloo, WA and 54451 Gnr Leonard Wilfred (Fred) De Jong (right), of Madina, WA, both of the 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA). They have just finished firing at targets near the Sarawak-Kalimantan border in support of the Australian border patrol troops. Gnr Parker served in Malaya and Singapore during the Indonesian Confrontation in the early 1960s and he served later in South Vietnam with the 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) between 1966 and 1967. Gnr De Jong also in Malaya and Singapore during the Indonesian Confrontation in the early 1960s and he served later in South Vietnam with the 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) between 1966 and 1967.
Two gunners from the 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), struggle with a breech block that they have just removed for cleaning from a 105mm L5 Pack Howitzer. Identified, left to rig
In the half light of dawn, with their 105mm L5 Pack Howitzer at full recoil, an Australian artillery crew of the 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), let fly at a target from their f
Two gunners from the 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), struggle with a breech block that they have just removed from a 105mm L5 Pack Howitzer. Identified, left to right: 37181 Gun
In the half light of dawn, with their 105mm L5 Pack Howitzer fully elevated and at full recoil, an Australian artillery crew of the 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), let fly at a
In the half light of dawn, an Australian artillery crew manning a 105mm L5 Pack Howitzer, engage a target in North Borneo along the border area between Sarawak and Kalimantan. The target is an Indones
An Australian artillery crew from the 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) engaging a target in North Borneo with a 105mm L5 Pack Howitzer. Identified, left to right: 54295 Lance Bomb
