Description
Miyajima Island, Japan. c. May 1955. The island of Miyajima on the Japanese Inland Sea is the Rest Centre for British Commonwealth troops from Korea and Japan. There are innumerable recreational facilities on the island itself, but if you want to venture further afield, launch and ferry trips can be taken to all points of the Inland Sea. Here a soldier on leave from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), in Korea, takes his camera which him on a trip to Horse-Shoe Island.
Details
Accession Number
HOBJ5780
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Acetate
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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