| Accession Number | HOB/56/0633/MC |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Hobson, Phillip Oliver |
| Place made | Malaya: Perak, Ipoh |
| Date made | July 1956 |
| Conflict |
Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
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 (second from left), inspects the vehicle lines of the Australian component of the Royal Australian Army Service Corps (RAASC) which is attached to 3 Company (3 Coy) Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) at their base Headquarters in Ipoh, Perak. He is accompanied by 2/35019 Captain Anson E Goodall of Canberra, ACT, Headquarters, 3 Coy RASC (left) and is talking to 3/5742 Private (later Lance Corporal) Eddie Ford, of Benalla, Vic (right), a driver with 126th Transport Platoon, RAASC. The line of vehicles are GMC, CCKW-353 two and a half ton trucks.