HOB/56/0624/MC Accession Number: HOB/56/0624/MC

Description

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Wells, KBE, CB, DSO, Chief of the General Staff Australian Army (left), chats to 1/1584 Private (Pte) Milton Bernie, of Rockhampton Qld, D Company (D Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR). General Wells is on a tour of all the Australian installations in Malaya and has made this stop to inspect D Coy at their base in a rubber plantation. Pte Bernie also served in Korea with 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) from 1951-1952.

Details

Accession Number
HOB/56/0624/MC
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Acetate
Format: 4x5"
Date Made
July 1956
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession HOB/56/0624/MC

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