HOBJ4675 Accession Number: HOBJ4675

Description

Private O. E. (Vic) Kemp of the Assault Pioneers, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), of Redbank, Qld, sets a charge in a hole bored in the rocky bottom of what will eventually be a Browning machine gun bunker. Similar defensive positions were rapidly constructed along the entire United Nations (UN) defensive line south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ4675
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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