Informal portrait of VX116565 Private Arthur Vernon Attenborough, of North Sydney, NSW, holding ...

Informal portrait of VX116565 Private Arthur Vernon Attenborough, of North Sydney, NSW, holding an Owen sub machine gun. A tram conductor, he enlisted with the Citizen Military Forces (CMF) on 2 June 1942 and served until 23 November 1942 when he re-enlisted with the AIF and served with 102 Australian Anti Aircraft Regiment until his discharge on 22 August 1946. He later served in Korea, with the service number 2/400042, enlisted with K Force in Japan on 10 December 1951, and served with 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) until 9 December 1951, seeing action at the Battle of Kapyong. He continued service in the regular Army under service number 2/2783 until 14 July 1954. He was registered as a driver to operate class 1 and 2 vehicles and as a cinematographer to operate 16 mm sound projectors.