HOBJ4737 Accession Number: HOBJ4737

Description

A big construction program is in progress in Korea, where everything possible is being done to ensure that the soldiers are comfortable during the trying Korean winter. An unidentified soldier, probably from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) (left), is screwing on a wall panel of an insulated pre-fabricated 'Quonset' hut. Assisting him is another soldier, probably a member of the Korean Augmentation Troops, Commonwealth (KATCOM).

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ4737
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
December 1953
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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