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
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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