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From the collection of Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch

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Equipment - Rations c. 1970's

ration pack

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Historical information

These Items are from a display at Dandenong RSL and appear to be from the 1970's

Physical description

11 items issued as part of a soldier's ration pack:
1- Paper packet 50g Potato with onion Powder, AFFSE 002815 11x13.5cm
2- Paper packet Biscuits Cereal Arnott's Biscuits Pty Ltd 56g. 12x5cm
3- Paper packet Survival Biscuit Arnott-Brockhoff-Guest 42 g 12x5cm
4- Paper packet Biscuits Shortbread Arnott-Brockhoff-Guest 85g. 14x7cm
5- Butter Concentrate for hot climates. 6oz. 75mm in diameter x 50mm high.
6- Plum Jam in metal tube (cap missing). 1oz. Tongala Milk Products Pty. Ltd. VIC Australia
7- Plum Jam in metal tube with black plastic cap. 1oz. Tongala Mild Products Pty. Ltd. VIC Australia
8- Chocolate Ration. 50g Pkd.065 Australian Army. Cadbury Confectionary Claremont. Tasmania
9- Scouring Pad. Redi Brite Industries Pty. Ltd. QLD. Australia. Pkd 5/85
10- Sugar. In a strip of four sachets.
11- Can opener