Description
With an Owen machine carbine slung over his shoulder, 37140 Gunner (Gnr) (later Warrant Officer Class 2) John Stephen Fenby, of Geelong, Vic, 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), is placing his full kitbag into the back of a Land Rover as he and other members of his unit prepare to return to their barracks at Malacca on the Malayan Peninsula, after four months of operational duty supporting Australian and British infantry in North Borneo. Gnr Fenby served in Malaya and Singapore during the Malayan Emergency and he later served in South Vietnam with the 12th Field Regiment, RAA between 1968 and 1969.
Details
Accession Number
CUN/65/0886A/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
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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