P00969.026 Accession Number: P00969.026

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Portrait of three members of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) after a ribbon investiture by Major General J H Cassels, General Officer Commanding 1st Commonwealth Division. Left to right: 22709 Corporal (Cpl) Laurence Edward 'Squizzy' Taylor; Military Medal; 3328 Major David Scott Thomson, Military Cross; and 21561 Cpl Edward Geoffrey Dowell, Mentioned in Despatches (MID). Cpl Taylor and Major Thomson of A Company, were decorated for their actions in Operation Blaze on 2 July 1952. Cpl Dowell of Royal Australian Army Medical Corps was awarded an MID for 'courage and devotion to duty at Point 159' on 20 June 1952.

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Accession Number
P00969.026
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
August 1952
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor D Thomson
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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