1/2573 Private (Pte) Raymond (Ray) Keith Bird, 35, of Giru, Qld, 2nd Battalion, The Royal ...

Accession Number MIS/57/0058/MC
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

1/2573 Private (Pte) Raymond (Ray) Keith Bird, 35, of Giru, Qld, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), makes friends with an orphaned five year old at the Sakai Reserve, where he has been sent with other members of his company to recruit some village men as supply bearers. Pte Bird also served in Korea with 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) and later with 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) in 1954.

Related information