MELJ1239 Accession Number: MELJ1239

Description

On Tokyo leave from Korea, 1410845 Private (Pte) Kenneth (Ken) Alfred Walker (left), of Rockhampton, Qld, and of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), touches the statue commemorating the dog which waited two years at a Tokyo railway station after his master's death. 4327 Pte Rex Herbert Stevens, of Barmera, SA, and of 1RAR, prepares to take a photograph.

Details

Accession Number
MELJ1239
Photographer
Sergeant Donald Albert (Tim) Meldrum
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Date Made
January 1956
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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