P01813.440 Accession Number: P01813.440

Description

Korea, 1950-10. Lieutenant General Sir Richard Gale KBE MC DSO, the British Army's Director of Military Training, making an official visit of inspection to the camp occupied by the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). At left is 2/45200 Staff Sergeant Vince Bennett, 3RAR, and at right behind General Gale is Colonel W. Brogan. Hanging up next to Sergeant Bennett, suspended by a bent coathanger, is an empty shellcase that is serving as dinner gong for mess parades. Two flues belonging to a field kitchen are at extreme left. (Donor I. Robertson)

Details

Accession Number
P01813.440
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Places

Units

Tags

Accession P01813.440

More like this

P01813.752

Photograph P01813.752 Korean War, 1950-1953

Chipyong-ni area, Korea, 1951-03. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), queue up at a mess parade at the IX Corps rest area where the battalion is taking a well-earned br

P01813.441

Photograph P01813.441 Korean War, 1950-1953

Korea, 1950-10. Lieutenant General Sir Richard Gale KBE MC DSO (left), the British Army's Director of Military Training, making an official visit of inspection to the camp occupied by the 3rd Battalio

B02761

Photograph B02761 First World War, 1914-1918

Abassan-el-Kebir, Palestine. Brigadier General John Robinson Royston far right, and staff at mess, second from left is Captain Wilfrid Kent Hughes MC. An empty shell, which was probably the dinner g

P01813.238

Photograph P01813.238 Second World War, 1939-1945

Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-12-25. Members of the 67th Infantry Battalion, part of the Australian component of BCOF, are in jovial spirits as they drink glasses of beer at the conclusion of their Christ

P01813.239

Photograph P01813.239 Second World War, 1939-1945

Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1948-12-25. With glasses and bottles of beer in front of them, members of the 67th Infantry Battalion, part of the Australian component of BCOF, sit around the dinner table during

CRO/67/1181/VN

Photograph CRO/67/1181/VN Vietnam, 1962-1975

Vung Tau, Vietnam. 1967-11. The Army's Quarter Master General, Major-General M. F. Brogan (centre rear) with the Regimental Sergeant-Major of the Rest and Convalescence Centre at Vung Tau, Warrant Off

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 1 May 2023 - 2.34 am