P04641.006 Accession Number: P04641.006

Description

Informal portrait of Australian UN accredited War Correspondent Donald Douglas George (Doug) Bushby (left) and an unidentified United States Navy Officer (right), probably a chaplain, unloading boxes of bibles from a railway freight car. The boxes are labelled 'Korean John, 2000 copies' and were a consignment from the Korean Bible society in Pusan. Mr Bushby is wearing a white and blue UN colour patch on his right shoulder.

Details

Accession Number
P04641.006
Photographer
Unknown
Photographer
Donald Douglas George Bushby
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Date Made
1953
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor L Bushby
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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