HOBJ3040 Accession Number: HOBJ3040

Description

Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sydney F Rowell, Chief of the General Staff, Australian Army (centre, front) strides across a large steel framed bridge, probably at Kure, Japan. He is being accompanied by unidentified Australian Army officers, including Lt Gen W Bridgeford, Commander in Chief British Commonwealth Forces Korea (directly behind Lt Gen Rowell), and other Commonwealth army officers. Lt Gen Rowell is touring Japan and Korea to meet with military leaders and discuss matters affecting Australia's participation in the Korean War.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ3040
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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