P01813.698 Accession Number: P01813.698

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Korea, c. 1951-03. Outdoors group portrait of a platoon from C Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), gathered in a rice paddy field. The hatless soldier fifth from left in the front row is 3/37678 Captain Reginald Walter Saunders, commander of C Company, the first Aboriginal serviceman to become a company commander. Most of the soldiers are wearing pile caps and windproof jackets to keep themselves warm. (Donor I. Robertson)

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Accession Number
P01813.698
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c March 1953
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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