HOBJ4422 Accession Number: HOBJ4422

Description

The annual summer "wet" brings added problems for the troops fighting in Korea. Here unidentified sick and wounded soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), are helped onto a US marine amphibious load carrier (DUKW) which will carry them over the flooded areas to a base hospital.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ4422
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Acetate
Measurement
Overall
Image
Date Made
15 July 1953
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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