HOBJ2696 Accession Number: HOBJ2696

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Left to right : Major General James H Cassels (back to camera), Commander of the 1st Commonwealth Division Korea, Lieutenant General W Bridgeford, Commander in Chief of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan and the British Commonwealth Forces Korea, General (Gen) James A Van Fleet (centre), Commanding General of the 8th US Army and Major General John W O'Daniel, Commander of I Corps. The officers are leaving the parade area of a camp in Korea after Gen Van Fleet had presented the Presidential Citation to the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). It was won seven months earlier at the battle of Kapyong.

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Accession Number
HOBJ2696
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Date Made
4 December 1951
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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