| Accession Number | HOB/56/0264/MC |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base |
| Maker |
Hobson, Phillip Oliver |
| Place made | Malaya: Kedah |
| Date made | January 1956 |
| Conflict |
Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Junior Civil Liaison Officers, Freedy Ong of Malacca and 'Smithy' Yap of Kuala Lumpur, both ...
Description
Junior Civil Liaison Officers, Freedy Ong of Malacca and 'Smithy' Yap of Kuala Lumpur, both attached to 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), chat over a cigarette with 2/4492 Sergeant (Sgt) Ray Simpson of Crows Nest, NSW, (right) in a rubber plantation, after finishing two weeks of 'jungle bashing' with A Company, 2RAR. Sgt Simpson also served in Korea as a Corporal and Sgt with 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) from 1951-1954. He also served as 217622 Warrant Officer 2 in South Vietnam with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) and completed three tours in 1962-1963, 1964 and 1967-1970. While serving in South Vietnam he won the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) which was gazetted by the Commonwealth of Australia on 4 November 1965 and the Victoria Cross (VC) which was gazetted by the Commonwealth of Australia on 28 August 1969.