HOBJ2786 Accession Number: HOBJ2786

Description

From a trench at a forward post in the Korean highlands, Josiah Francis, the Australian Minister for the Army (centre), watches with interest as Brigadier J M Rockingham, Commander of the Canadian Infantry Brigade in Korea (right), discusses relative positions of UN and Chinese or North Korean forces in the snow covered countryside. Second from left is Charles Nicol, Australian Army Director of Public Relations, who accompanied the Ministerial party. Far left is an unidentified man wearing glasses, who is probably a member of the ministerial party. Standing in the thick snow outside the trench are Major General James Cassels, Commander of the 1st Commonwealth Division (right), and an unidentified officer (rear).

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ2786
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
December 1951
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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