Description
A medium machine gun in action as D Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), 'defend' the banks of the Imjin River against an 'invading enemy'. D Company was supported by New Zealand 25 pounder guns, mortars and machine guns of the Battalion. This gun is mounted by: Private (Pte) Mick Gorham of Crookwell, NSW (left), and Pte Terry Strudwick of Toowoomba, Qld. 3RAR will leave the 38th Parallel area to return to Australia in November 1954, ending over four years commitment to the Korea.
Details
Accession Number
HOBJ5348
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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