HOBJ5445 Accession Number: HOBJ5445

Description

Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) R Bierwirth CBE, Commander in Chief (C in C), British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) (second from right), travelled forty miles from Seoul to the 1st Division, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) Airstrip. He was met by, left to right: Major General H Murray, General Officer Commanding, 1st Commonwealth Division; Lt Gen H Wells CB CBE DSO, the existing C in C, 1st Commonwealth Division, and Brigadier I T Murdoch, Commander, 28th Britcom Infantry Brigade. Behind the generals is a US Marines Sikorsky S-55 helicopter.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ5445
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
21 October 1954
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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