HOBJ1168 Accession Number: HOBJ1168

Description

An unidentified sailor wearing watches the passing Japanese shoreline from the stern of HMAS Bataan. The Prime minister of Australia (PM), the Right Honourable Robert G. Menzies visited the destroyer as part of his tour of BCOF units and bases in Japan shortly after the start of the Korean War.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ1168
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Acetate
Date Made
c 15 August 1950
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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