An unidentified Borneo tracker (left) and a Sakai tribesman, who is armed with an M1 Carbine, ...

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Accession Number P02222.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour
Physical description Colour
Maker Betts, Brian E
Place made Malaya
Date made c 1960
Conflict Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
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Description

An unidentified Borneo tracker (left) and a Sakai tribesman, who is armed with an M1 Carbine, (right). The tracker had been trained by the British Army and was acting as a guide to B Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), who were on patrol near the Malaya-Thailand border.