HOBJ1362 Accession Number: HOBJ1362

Description

Unidentified members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), rest and chat while sitting on supplies on the overcrowded deck of the US troopship Aiken Victory. Many of the boxes contain canned corned beef from the James Barnes Pty Ltd, a canning factory in Sydney. The ship is moving towards the harbour at Pusan. From Pusan the troops will move on to Taegu to prepare for their first operations in the Korean War.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ1362
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Acetate
Date Made
c 28 September 1950
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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