HOBJ4901
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HOBJ4909 Accession Number: HOBJ4909
Description
Corporal (Cpl) Keith Johnson, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), 22, wearing a steel helmet covered with camouflage netting and laying prone behind his .303 Bren light machine gun. Three years ago Cpl Johnson joined the 42nd Infantry Battalion, Citizen Military Force (CMF) and after nine months transferred to a machine gun unit. In 1952 he joined the Regular Army and was posted to RAR in Korea last August.
Details
Accession Number
HOBJ4909
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Acetate
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Acetate
Date Made
16 March 1954
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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