HOBJ4915 Accession Number: HOBJ4915

Description

Corporal Larry Nelson, Platoon Sergeant, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), of Ballarat, Vic (left), and Sergeant Jung Yung Hak, a member of the unit's Korean Augmentation Troops, Commonwealth (KATCOM), during full scale battalion exercises in Korea. Nelson is armed with a .303 short magazine Lee Enfield rifle (SMLE) and Jung with an Owen machine carbine.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ4915
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Acetate
Date Made
28 March 1954
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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