Two men inside a building, possibly the radio shed, used by personnel of 845 Naval Air Squadron at Nanga Gaat, Sarawak

Two men sitting inside a building, possibly the radio shed, used by personnel of 845 Naval Air Squadron at Nanga Gaat. On the back wall are two large framed photographs of personnel groups, some photographs of pin-up women and a clock reading 10.45. The Nanga Gaat is at the confluence of the Sungai Gaat and the Batang Baleh, Sarawak. Nanga Gaat was used as an advanced base for an infantry battalion as well as for the Fleet Air Arm during the Indonesian confrontation which ran from 20 January 1963 to 11 August 1966. A vertical format negative of poor quality.

Object Details

ID: PM7773/17
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Date made: October 1964
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm