A section of the cleared hillside as additional work is undertaken at the company base at Gumbang ...

Accession Number P06312.013
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
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

A section of the cleared hillside as additional work is undertaken 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.