P01813.794 Accession Number: P01813.794

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Korea, c. 1951-02. As part of a demonstration, ? Corporal (Cpl) Mick Hatton of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), lies wrapped in a sleeping bag with a woollen sleeping bag liner inside it. Cpl Hatton is lying on a grassy bank with a snow-covered field and hill in the background. 3RAR soldiers used such sleeping bags and liners to keep themselves warm while they slept during the cold nights of the Korean winter. (Donor I. Robertson)

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P01813.794
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Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
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Colour: Black & white
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1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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