MELJ0618 Accession Number: MELJ0618

Description

All army installations in Korea have to be well protected against thieves, and here an Australian soldier and a KATCOM work together erecting a concertina fence around the Gallipoli Camp of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR). The Australian is Private (Pte) John 'Jock' Robertson, originally of Glasgow, Scotland, but now of Parkes, NSW. The KATCOM (Korean Augmentation Troops Commonwealth) is Pte Pak Sun Dong.

Details

Accession Number
MELJ0618
Photographer
Sergeant Donald Albert (Tim) Meldrum
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Date Made
28 January 1955
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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