HOBJ4806 Accession Number: HOBJ4806

Description

Enjoying their Christmas dinner at 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), are Private (Pte) Jim Williams of Lithgow, NSW; Pte Brian Cooper of Mingenew, WA; Lance Corporal Gordon Manning of Mackay, Qld, and Pte Keith Reifel of Geelong, Vic. Note the bottles of Melbourne Bitter beer on the table.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ4806
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
25 December 1953
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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