Troops of D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), leaving the open ...

Accession Number HOB/56/0480/MC
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Place made Malaya: Perak
Date made 24 May 1956
Conflict Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Troops of D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), leaving the open lallang grass area for the jungle, whilst on an eight day patrol during Operation Shark North. Although the standard web equipment issued in Malaya was 1944 pattern, the two soldiers in the rear are carrying non issue packs because of their enhanced carrying capacity. The lack of packs on the remainder of the group might indicate that this element could be a small escort patrol sent out from their platoon's temporary base not far from the roadhead, to bring in two reinforcement soldiers - the two rear soldiers. The rearmost soldier (foreground) is armed with a Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine.