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 |
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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 |