HOBJ3028 Accession Number: HOBJ3028

Description

Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sydney F Rowell, Chief of the General Staff, Australian Army (centre) visits a mess at a camp at either Ebisu or Kure, Japan. He is being accompanied on his tour of the camp by unidentified Australian Army officers. Directly behind Lt Gen Rowell is a warrant officer thought to be 345096 (VX14475) Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) H T 'Jack' Harwood, the Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). In the mess Australian and other Commonwealth servicemen are enjoying glasses and glass tankards of beer. The serviceman (front, facing the camera) is wearing a Royal Signals shoulder title. The camp is part of the British Commonwealth Forces Korea facilities in Japan.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ3028
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
c 3 May 1952
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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