Three unidentified soldiers from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), say goodbye ...

Accession Number ELL/59/0499/MC
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Maker Elliot, T
Place made Malaya: Perak, Sungei Siput
Date made 1959
Conflict Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Three unidentified soldiers from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), say goodbye to some local children standing on a bamboo landing on the Sungei (river) Plus in Northern Malaya. 3RAR is preparing to return to Australia after completing a two year tour of operations in their war against Communist terrorists on the Malayan Peninsula.

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