Description
Australian Signaller, 2/9313 Corporal (Cpl) C B 'Doc' Judd, of Coogee, NSW, 28th Brigade, Signal Squadron, talking on a field telephone set at the edge of a small airstrip in Northern Malaya. Cpl Judd recently kept the communication channels open, passing messages by morse code and voice radio during a fierce gun battle between security forces and Communist terrorists, operating along the Thailand-Malayan border area. Note the Auster AOP 9 aircraft in the background.
Details
Accession Number
ELL/59/0458/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 3/16 in
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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