An unidentified member of 3 Battalion,The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), sleeping on some of ...

Accession Number HOBJ0119
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Maker Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Place made Japan
Date made October 1949
Conflict British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

An unidentified member of 3 Battalion,The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), sleeping on some of his unit's equipment stacked on a beach. The Battalion was taking part in an amphibious training exercise on deserted islands in the Inland Sea. Note the landing craft, numbersAB2355 and AB2359, in the rear. The one on the right has D-Coy painted on its raised ramp.