Accession Number | HOB/56/0259/MC |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base |
Maker |
Hobson, Phillip Oliver |
Place made | Malaya: Kedah |
Date made | January 1956 |
Conflict |
Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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An unidentified group of soldiers from A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment ...
Description
An unidentified group of soldiers from A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), washing and shaving by the side of a creek which runs through a rubber plantation. The men are cleaning up after spending two weeks in the jungle looking for Communist terrorists in Southern Kedah. Some Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbines can also be seen close by the soldiers.
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