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Negative - Corp Bill Brennan, 80 Quarrying Sqn, Aiming a Rifle, Royal Australian Engineers Anzac Range, Puckapunyal, Victoria, circa 1960s Reg. No: MM 048560

Summary:: Part of a large photographic collection of glass plate and film negatives, photographic prints and photo albums, relating to the development of the electric power supply industry in Victoria, operated by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) from 1919 to 1993 and various predecessor private and municipal power supply enterprises dating back to the late 1880s.
Description Of Content:: An officer of the 16th Construction Regiment, Royal Australian Engineers, takes aim with a rifle at the RAE Anzac Range, on the Puckapunyal Army Base, near Seymour. He is wearing an army uniform and slouch hat and is lying down resting the elbow of his left-arm that supports the gun barrel on the ground.

Discipline:

Technology

Tagged with:	firearms, soldiers, australian army, army camps, civil engineering, engineers, rifles, shooting ranges
Themes this item is part of:	Arms Collection, Engineering Collection, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) Collection
Primary Classification:	MILITARY HISTORY
Secondary Classification:	Engineers Corps
Tertiary Classification:	personnel
Format:	Negative: Black & White
Place & Date Depicted:	Puckapunyal, Seymour, North East, Victoria, Australia, circa 1960s
Person Depicted:	Corporal William (Bill) Brennan - 80 Quarrying Squadron, 16 Construction Regiment (SR), Royal Australian Engineers, Victoria, Australia, circa 1960s Personnel identification provided Michael Meany, DC ENQ 66663.