The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified Australian soldiers from 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), and local civilians assisting with the loading of a 105mm L5 Pack Howitzer onto a landing craft. It is one of six guns and approximately 40 vehicles being returned to their barracks at Malacca on the Malayan Peninsula as the men of the 102nd Field Battery complete their four month operational tour in North Borneo.
28523 Sergeant (Sgt) (later Warrant Officer Class 2) James Frederick (Jim) Lawler (left), of Guildford, NSW, 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), demonstrates the correct technique f
Keeping the 105mm L5 Pack Howitzers in prime condition is very important. Seen here oiling and cleaning the barrel threads on a L5 Pack Howitzer is Lance Bombardier (L Bdr) J D Galbraith, of Hilton Pa
15926 Bombardier (Bdr) William Raymond (Bill) Bostock, of Murwillumbah, NSW, 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), passing a 105mm shell from an underground magazine to the gun crew o
Stowing his gear aboard a Land Rover is 37726 Gunner (Gnr) (later Warrant Officer Class 1) Robert Joseph (Bob) Hayes, of Grovely, Qld, 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA). Gnr Hayes
Cleaning the dial sight of a 105mm L5 Pack Howitzer is 293291 Gunner (Gnr) (later Captain) Keith Tucker, of Riverwood, NSW, 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA). The artillery is entr
214325 Bombardier (Bdr) (later Warrant Officer Class 2) Keith Murdock Lawler, of Hurstville, NSW, 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), seen here removing the muzzle brake on a 105mm
