HOBJ5381 Accession Number: HOBJ5381

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Korea. 13 October 1954. In Korea the code word "scram" brings troops of the 1st Commonwealth Division rushing from their living quarters to man their battle stations in the Kansas Line. "Scram" comes frequently but irregularly at any hour of the day or night. Nobody knows when "scram" may turn out to be the real thing. Here Corporal Tom Joyce of Launceston, Tas, watches his front with rifle ready, through the slit in his bunker. This might be the last "scram" for members of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), before it leaves Korea.

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Accession Number
HOBJ5381
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
13 October 1954
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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