HOBJ2135 Accession Number: HOBJ2135

Description

Seoul, South Korea. c 1951. In recaptured Seoul, two young Korean boys wait by a jeep as three unidentified members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), try to question them with the aid of a traveller's phrase book. In the background is a building which was formerly a civic pride of the Korean capital, but which is now a burned out shell after repeated batterings from both sides during the Korean war.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ2135
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Acetate
Date Made
c March 1951
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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