An Australian Army Bell B47G, possibly A1-396 or A1-399 operated by 182 Reconnaissance Flight ...

Accession Number P06312.011
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Graham, Alan Walter
Place made Borneo: Sarawak, Gumbang
Date made c 1966
Conflict Indonesian Confrontation, 1962-1966
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Description

An Australian Army Bell B47G, possibly A1-396 or A1-399 operated by 182 Reconnaissance Flight (182 Recce Flt) on the helipad at the company base at Gumbang occupied by A Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) between April and September 1966. This was the most southerly of the 4RAR company positions and was located on a ridge line close to the Sarawak-Kalimantan border and a major Indonesian infiltration route.