Description
Serving with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) on the Korean truce line are 61010 Private (Pte) James Keogh, of Bellerive, Tas, and 6646 Pte Peter Raymond 'Stainless' Steel, of Glenlusk, Tas. The two soldiers are having a drink together outside their defence line bunker. Pte Keogh has been in the army for two years, and in Korea for five months. He worked at the Lanherne Airport, Cambridge, Tas, before he enlisted. Pte Steel left a job in a butcher's shop at Berriedale, Tas, to join the army four years ago. He has been in Korea for four months.
Details
Accession Number
MELJ1043
Photographer
Sergeant Donald Albert (Tim) Meldrum
Classification
Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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