Shrapnel, the monkey mascot of the Mortar Platoon, 1 RNZIR, is pictured here with Platoon Commander Lieutenant Tony Loorparg. These photographs were taken at Simmangan or Batu Lintang, Borneo, where a mortar section was located with C Company, 1 RNZIR.
'Shrapnel, the monkey mascot ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/shrapnel-the-monkey-mascot, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 1-Sep-2014
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