MELJ0663 Accession Number: MELJ0663

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Melbourne Junior Ice Skating Champion trains in Korea. Skating on the frozen Imjin River is 25410 Private (Pte) Trevor Harold Clark of Bondi, NSW, a soldier with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR). Before coming to Korea, Pte Clark won the Melbourne Junior Fast Skating Championship in 1954, and played goalie for the Melbourne Tigers Ice Hockey Club in 1952 and 1953. Pte Clark is due to go home very shortly and is keeping in trim for the coming season in Sydney, where his family now lives.

Details

Accession Number
MELJ0663
Photographer
Sergeant Donald Albert (Tim) Meldrum
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Date Made
13 February 1955
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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