HOBJ2391 Accession Number: HOBJ2391

Description

An unidentified Australian Red Cross officer (left), wearing a Red Cross badge on his lapel, distributes cigarettes to soldiers recouperating from wounds or illness in a hospital, possibly in Pusan, South Korea. Two of the soldiers are sitting on a bed smoking, while a third stands next the bed. Another soldier (obscured, right) lies on a bed and rests. Note the newspapers lying on the bed and an item labelled 'DOESKIN' on the window sill. The patients, possibly from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), are all wearing pyjamas.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ2391
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
c September 1951
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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