HOBJ3922 Accession Number: HOBJ3922

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Korea. 2 January 1953. Private (Pte) Jock Gordon of Coorparoo, Qld (front), and Pte Jack Page of Manly, NSW, return from a bath in the valley. Both are members of D Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). In the background is a cable car which carries food, ammunition and water for the troops. Note the rolls of barbed wire at left. 2401159 Pte J W Page was killed in action (KIA) on 23 January 1953.

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Accession Number
HOBJ3922
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Acetate
Date Made
2 January 1953
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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