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This
is a photo of a group of Army Reservists (donor included) at the annual
Fire Power Demonstration exercise at
Singleton
Infantry
Training School
in 1986. Part of the exercise involved a “fashion parade” of old
uniforms and weapons. Each digger paraded in front of the assembled ARA
and ARES officers and senior NCO’s that had been gathered for the
demo.
The
announcer gave brief details of each campaign, the uniform and the
weapon carried. The weapon was then fired using live rounds at targets
down range. Each
uniform (originals i.e. not copies) and each weapon was taken “off the
shelf” from the displays at the
Infantry
Museum
at Singleton. Weapons were simply taken off the walls, cleaned, bolts
inserted and they were then simply fired. The idea was to give a
snapshot of digger uniforms & weapons in the 20th century.Each
uniform (originals i.e. not copies) and each weapon was taken “off the
shelf” from the displays at the
Infantry
Museum
at Singleton. Weapons were simply taken off the walls, cleaned, bolts
inserted and they were then simply fired. The idea was to give a
snapshot of digger uniforms & weapons in the 20th century.
Donor Andrew Hill
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