Description
Korea, c. 1950-10. 5/7004 Captain (Capt) Phillip Harvey (Phil) Bennett (left), Officer Commanding the Mortar Platoon, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), watches as his second-in-command, Lieutenant (Lt) Kevin Innes-Kerr (right), directs the shelling of North Korean positions by the platoon's 3-inch mortars (not in view). Lt Innes-Kerr has hanging around his neck a radio headset which is connected by a cord to a radio set sitting on the ground next to him. Behind him, the radio's aerial is sticking up into the air. At left, several mortar shell cases are lying on the ground, while at centre a soldier wearing a pile cap squats as he writes notes in a small notebook. Capt Bennett later became General Sir Phillip Bennett, Chief of the General Staff (CGS), the first Chief of Defence Force, and later still Governor of Tasmania. (Donor I. Robertson)
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Accession Number
P01813.830
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Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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