MELJ0990 Accession Number: MELJ0990

Description

Night exercise in Korea. The evening sky silhouettes a group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) as an American M26 or T40 tank on which they are riding climbs a ridge near the Korean truce line. The Australian infantrymen are working closely with the American 6th Tank Battalion, as part of their summer training programme.

Details

Accession Number
MELJ0990
Photographer
Sergeant Donald Albert (Tim) Meldrum
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Date Made
9 August 1955
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession MELJ0990

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