MELJ0816 Accession Number: MELJ0816

Description

The former Administrative Officer of 76 Advanced Dressing Station (ADS) in Korea, Captain (Capt) R A C Renny (right), of Vancouver, Canada, and the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC), welcomes his successor, Lieutenant A A Hughson, whose home is also in Vancouver. Capt Renny is leaving Korea with seventy other officers and men of 76 ADS, after serving for fourteen months with 1 Commonwealth Division. They are being replaced by a large draft sent by air from Canada. Capt Renny is a former Indian Army officer who came to Canada in 1947, and joined the RCAMC in 1951.

Details

Accession Number
MELJ0816
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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