HOBJ0044 Accession Number: HOBJ0044

Description

Runners competing in an athletics competition held at Anzac Park. The runner in the inside lane is 22696 (NX79084) Corporal (Cpl) Kevin John 'Rusty' Troy, C Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). Cpl K J Troy had previously served in the Second World War and went on to serve in the Korean War and Vietnam War, where he died of illness on 23 November 1969.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ0044
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
8 October 1949
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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