| Accession Number | HOB/56/0321/MC |
|---|---|
| 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
|
Informal portrait of 3/5585 Private (Pte) Ted Blyth, of Moama, NSW (left), and 2/8607 Pte Bill ...
Description
Informal portrait of 3/5585 Private (Pte) Ted Blyth, of Moama, NSW (left), and 2/8607 Pte Bill Hardy, of Auburn, NSW (right), both of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR). Pte Blyth is cleaning his disassembled Bren gun, and Pte Hardy is writing a letter home, as they sit on a groundsheet outside their shelter which has been erected in a rubber plantation. They are both relaxing after spending the previous night on ambush duty, trying to trap Communist terrorists in the jungle trails of Southern Kedah.