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The replica Russian Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle on display during its unveiling at the Australian Army Museum of Military Engineering in Holsworthy. Story and photos by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.
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Tale of a sniper rifle has double-barrelled ending

21/01/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1367 Views 0 Comments 1RAR, Army Museum of Military Engineering, Bandiana, Holsworthy Barracks, Singleton, Vietnam War

Two Australian soldiers were killed and two wounded by sniper fire in the rice fields of Vietnam in January 1966.

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Jack Moore (centre) with Sebastian Spencer and Brigadier Wayne Budd behind the collection Mr Moore donated to the Australian Army Museum of Military Engineering.
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Special donation to Army Museum of Military Engineering

19/10/201619/10/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4417 Views 0 Comments Army Museum of Military Engineering

By LTCOL Christopher Holcroft Imagine being a four-year-old boy and being told your former World War One soldier father had

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