HOBJ1282 Accession Number: HOBJ1282

Description

An unidentified sergeant (right), and another serviceman (obscured), mark rolls as men from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), board the United States troopship Aiken Victory. A serviceman with an unlit cigarette in his mouth, stands at the head of the queue at the gangplank. The troops are soon to be transported to Pusan, then the first Australian Army operations in the Korean War.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ1282
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
c 27 September 1950
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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