Historical information

The 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles combined assistance to a Community Charity with a training exercise.

Significance

Collection of photographs showing an armoured regiment of the Citizen Forces in the 1960s as it transitioned from wheeled armoured vehicles to tanks to M113 armoured personal carriers.

Physical description

Black and white photograph of 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles soldiers assembled in front of Humber trucks receiving orders from officer with map. Some are dressed in battledress, others in tank suits.

Inscriptions & markings

" Apex Wool Drive. 5th August 1961. Front: R. Bauerle, R. Almond, J. Warren, R. Ohlin. Rear: P. McLosley, -------, J. Farrelly, E. Roberts, B. Wilson, D. Anderson, P. Holmes."