Accession Number | MIS/57/0056/MC |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base |
Maker |
Army Public Relations |
Place made | Malaya: Perak |
Date made | March 1957 |
Conflict |
Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
1/2296 Warrant Officer 2 (WO2), Alan L Lawson, of Coorparoo, Qld, Company Sergeant Major of B ...
Description
1/2296 Warrant Officer 2 (WO2), Alan L Lawson, of Coorparoo, Qld, Company Sergeant Major of B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), admiring a caged dove at the house of the headman on the Sakai Reserve. WO2 Lawson is visiting the reserve as part of a recruitment drive to enlist local men as bearers to take supplies through the jungle and up to the Australian patrols of 2RAR.