MELJ0921 Accession Number: MELJ0921

Description

When the rainy season started in Korea recently the Imjin River rose 25 feet overnight, and cut off a company of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), camped on the far bank. Supplies had to be ferried across to them by flying fox. Here Captain (Capt) Philip (Phil) Harrington of Sydney, NSW, returns from making a hazardous trip across the flooded river to lay an emergency telephone cable. Capt Harrington, who is a former Ghurka officer, is now serving as a signals officer with 1RAR. The other soldiers are unidentified.

Details

Accession Number
MELJ0921
Photographer
Sergeant Donald Albert (Tim) Meldrum
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Date Made
July 1955
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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