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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

A Daimler Ferret armoured car which has just escorted these unidentified soldiers from 'stand by' platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, (2RAR), to a rubber plantation, keep...

HOB/56/0751/MC

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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

A group of men of 'stand by' platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), check their maps before heading by truck to a jumping off point at a rubber plantation on the frin...

HOB/56/0748/MC

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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

A hive of industry as unidentified men of B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), unload cases of 24 hour ration packs from the back of a truck, following a radio signa...

HOB/56/0592/MC

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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

Armed with an Owen gun, 2/9002 Private (Pte) Paul Feneley, of Belfields, NSW (right), B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), acts as 'shotgun' guard as the unidentified men be...

HOB/56/0591/MC

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Maker: Turrell, Maxwell Thomas

A timber bed of a Communist Terrorists (CT) camp discovered by members of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) during border operations. The Malayan Emergency was officially over ho...

P09707.030

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Maker: Turrell, Maxwell Thomas

A water well of a Communist Terrorists (CT) camp discovered by members of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) during border operations. The Malayan Emergency was officially over ho...

P09707.029

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Maker: Turrell, Maxwell Thomas

A water well of a Communist Terrorists (CT) camp discovered by members of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) during border operations. The Malayan Emergency was officially over ho...

P09707.031

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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

1/900179 Private (Pte) Don Pickering an Aboriginal serviceman, 22, of Gayndah, Qld, 9 Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), quietly smokes a cigarette and holds his ...

HOB/56/0673/MC

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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

2/5665 Private (Pte) John Pickett, of Ingleburn, NSW, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), with ‘Rinty', a war dog with 2RAR. 'Rinty' and Pte Pickett are one of eight teams operating i...

HOB/56/0706/MC

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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

2/10667 Sergeant (Sgt) R R (Jock) Richardson, MM, MID, (standing on road centre), armed with a US M1 .30 Calibre Carbine, waits for his men as they alight from an armoured truck, or 'coffin', on a roa...

HOB/56/0749/MC

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Maker: Unknown

The body of a communist terrorist lies on the ground. He was shot after being tracked for three days by soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) and No. 2 Aircraft Constru...

P09312.002

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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

The four guns of B Troop, 105 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, let fly a barrage of 25 pounder shells against the terrorists on New Year's night.

HOB/56/0287/MC

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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

These unidentified soldiers of B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), have just met a ration truck at a rendezvous point near the road to Sungei Siput. They are now re...

HOB/56/0602/MC

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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

Two unidentified men from 10 Platoon, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), protectively patrol their temporary camp, set up next to a landing zone (LZ) hacked out of the jun...

HOB/56/0734/MC

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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

Unidentified members of 9 Platoon (9 Pl), C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), line up cans of AVGAS (aviation gasoline) next to a Westland Whirlwind helicopter from No155 S...

HOB/56/0676/MC

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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

Unidentified men from 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), (background) walk around their temporary camp which has been set up next to a mountain landing...

HOB/56/0735/MC

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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

Unidentified men of 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) (foreground), watch as other men rush in to unload supplies from a Bristol Sycamore helicopter. T...

HOB/56/0747/MC

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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

Unidentified soldiers from the 'stand by' platoon of B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), head off into the rubber towards the jungle. They are hard on the heels of a recent...

HOB/56/0752/MC

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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver

War dogs of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), are being used against the Communist terrorists in the notorious Sungei Siput district, and are firm favourites with the soldiers. ...

HOB/56/0708/MC