HOBJ5354 Accession Number: HOBJ5354

Description

Informal portrait of Private H J 'Lap' Lappeman, D Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), of Sydney, NSW, who took part in a recent exercise in Korea, which held the banks of the Imjin River against an 'invading enemy'. D Company were supported by New Zealand 25 pounders, mortars and Battalion machine guns. 3RAR will leave the 38th Parallel area to return to Australian in November 1954, ending over four years of commitment to Korea.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ5354
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
6 October 1954
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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