Accession Number | HOB/56/0319/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 | 26 January 1956 |
Conflict |
Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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A base camp being set up by members of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), in a ...
Description
A base camp being set up by members of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), in a rubber plantation in Southern Kedah. The two soldiers in the foreground are busy erecting the bamboo poles which will support their poncho shelter. A Bren gun, resting on its bipod is sitting outside the shelter in the centre. The cuts in the rubber tree on the right can clearly be seen and the raw latex is being collected in a small metal cup which is attached to the tree.