Accession Number | MIS/57/0058/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
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1/2573 Private (Pte) Raymond (Ray) Keith Bird, 35, of Giru, Qld, 2nd Battalion, The Royal ...
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.