P01813.696 Accession Number: P01813.696

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Korea, c. 1951-03. Outdoors portrait of three officers of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), standing at ease in a rice paddy field. The soldiers are (left to right): 3/37678 Captain Reginald Walter Saunders, C Company commander, the first Aboriginal serviceman to command a company; 5/7546 Captain Jack Gerke, B Company commander; 1/400142 Lieutenant Harold Mulry, commander of 3 Platoon. (Donor I. Robertson)

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Accession Number
P01813.696
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c March 1953
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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