HOBJ5719 Accession Number: HOBJ5719

Description

Hiroshima, Japan. c. April 1955. With the day off from her nursing duties at the British Commonwealth General Hospital in Kure, Japan, Corporal (Cpl) V. G. (Ned) Kelly, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), of Stockton, NSW, took a trip down to Hiroshima, the scene of the first atomic bomb explosion ten years ago. Goldfish are popular in Hiroshima and Cpl Kelly showed great interest in the ones shown to her by the proprietor of a small shop.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ5719
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Acetate
Date Made
c April 1955
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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