P01813.871 Accession Number: P01813.871

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Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1950-09-27. On a rainy day at Hiro Barracks, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), board a column of military trucks that will transport them to the docks at Kure, where they will embark on a ship that will take them to Pusan and the war in Korea. A garbage bin and a pile of discarded wooden crates stand amidst litter strewn on the ground at right. (Donor I. Robertson)

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P01813.871
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Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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