HOBJ4780 Accession Number: HOBJ4780

Description

Korea. 23 December 1953. Planting fir trees in front of the Christmas decorated barber shop, the social centre of C Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), are Private (Pte) Pat Green of Hawthorn, Vic; Pte Bernie Smith of Marrickville, NSW, and Pte Ron Lovell of Bankstown, NSW. The barber, Kim Song Cup of Seoul, stands near the entrance of his central heated barber shop chatting with a prospective customer in the background.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ4780
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Measurement
Overall: 4 in x 5 1/4 in
Image: 3 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in
Date Made
23 December 1953
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Accession HOBJ4780

More like this

HOBJ4779

Photograph HOBJ4779 Korean War, 1950-1953

Korea. 23 December 1953. Private R. J. (Ike) Isaacs, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), of Toowong, Qld (left), hands a star to Kim Song Cup of Seoul, the C Company barber, to put on

CUN/66/0342/VN

Photograph CUN/66/0342/VN Vietnam, 1962-1975

Vietnam. 1966-04-23. Left to right; Private (Pte) Ray Payne of Bankstown, Sydney, NSW, Pte Bob Currell of Melville, WA, Pte Ron Sloane of Newtown, Sydney, NSW, and Pte Pat Mann of Morisett, NSW, with

016970

Photograph 016970 Second World War, 1939-1945

New Guinea. Willing hands help two natives to strip palm leaves to decorate the clubrooms for the weekly dance social. At work are Private (Pte) June Wilson of Mildura, Vic, Pte Jean Horner of Loch, V

E01657

Photograph E01657 First World War, 1914-1918

The Australian sector of a cemetery consecrated by the Bishop of Pretoria, near Lancashire Cottage, in the Messines Sector, Belgium. Graves are from left to right and all from the 19th Battalion AIF:

HOBJ5358

Photograph HOBJ5358 Korean War, 1950-1953

Korea. 1954. Shown here receiving haircuts at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), Barber's shop at 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), left to right: Private (Pte) Ron Beam

HOBJ4676

Photograph HOBJ4676 Korean War, 1950-1953

Members of D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), take advantage of the lunch hour to stretch out and rest after a hard morning's work on the D Company diggings. They are seen

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 1 May 2023 - 2.34 am