Accession Number | HOB/56/0640/MC |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Hobson, Phillip Oliver |
Place made | Malaya: Perak |
Date made | July 1956 |
Conflict |
Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sir Henry Wells, KBE, CB, DSO, Chief of the General Staff Australian ...
Description
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sir Henry Wells, KBE, CB, DSO, Chief of the General Staff Australian Army, travelling in convoy from Sungei Siput to Salak North in Perak, about to pass a check point which is controlled by traffic lights. He is conducting a tour of all Australian military installations in Malaya. Lt Gen Wells is probably travelling in the second vehicle - a sedan with three stars and a flag on the bonnet. The convoy is being escorted by a Daimler Dingo scout car, armed with twin Bren guns (lead vehicle), an Alvis Saracen, armoured personnel carrier (fourth vehicle) followed by a Daimler armoured car at the rear. Further back, a car and a Landrover also follow the convoy.