HOBJ3047 Accession Number: HOBJ3047

Description

Lieutenant General Sydney F Rowell (left), the Chief of the General Staff, Australian Army, inspects unidentified troops of the Royal Australian Army Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME), probably at the base of the British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK), at Kure, Japan. He is being accompanied by Lt Gen W Bridgeford, Commander in Chief of BCFK (far left), and an unidentified Australian officer. Lt Gen Rowell is touring Japan and Korea, and is meeting with military leaders to discuss Australia's participation in the Korean War.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ3047
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
c 5 May 1952
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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