HOBJ3800 Accession Number: HOBJ3800

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During the time of the visit of the Australian Minister for Navy and Air, Mr William McMahon, three officers out in the field. Left to right: Captain John D. Burke, Personal Assistant to Commander 1st Commonwealth Division, Major General M. M. Alston-Roberts-West. Burke was commissioned in the 30th Battalion (NSW Scottish Regiment), served as a Platoon Commander C Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), Korea, before being posted as Personal Assistant to Commander 1 Commonwealth Division late in 1952; a British Officer, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, and Lieutenant unknown, Australian Army Provost Corps.

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Accession Number
HOBJ3800
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Measurement
Overall: 4 in x 5 in
Date Made
c 1 December 1952
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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