MELJ0812 Accession Number: MELJ0812

Description

Assault boats carrying a medium machine gun section of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), run ashore during a night river crossing exercise in Korea. The heavily armed soldiers had just crossed the broad Imjin River in the darkness, and then scale a cliff to attack two hill features.

Details

Accession Number
MELJ0812
Photographer
Sergeant Donald Albert (Tim) Meldrum
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Date Made
10 May 1955
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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