| Places | |
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| Accession Number | P01813.348 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Maker |
Robertson, Ian |
| Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Hiro, Japan, 1950-08. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), take ...
Description
Hiro, Japan, 1950-08. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), take part in a course in enemy weapons identification in preparation for the battalion's imminent move to Korea from BCOF. The soldiers are (left to right): unknown; Private (Pte) Clarke; Corporal 'Stewie' Ham; Pte Jim Blackmore (partly obscured). The soldier at left is handling a Russian 7.62 mm PPSh M1941 submachine gun ('burp gun') with its magazine removed. At rear, Pte Clarke is aiming a Chinese Communist 7.62 mm Mosin Nagant M1891/1930 rifle. (Donor I. Robertson)