HOBJ4649 Accession Number: HOBJ4649

Description

Wearing his winter issue parka, Private R. G. (Bluey) Rivett, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), of Stawell, Vic, with his Owen gun, looks up the hill for his friends to join him to go out on clearing patrol in front of his position. Five months after the cease fire and their subsequent move to new defensive lines south of the Demilitarized Zone, Australians regularly patrolled outside their lines in search of evidience of enemy activity.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ4649
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
December 1953
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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