HOBJ5720 Accession Number: HOBJ5720

Description

On leave from the British Commonwealth General Hospital in Kure, these four members of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), pay a visit to the city Hiroshima. Here they are looking at the Hiroshima Industrial Hall which was near the centre of the atom blast, and which is being preserved in its present state as a memorial. Pictured: Private (Pte) Valma Woods of Bunbury, WA; Corporal V. G. Kelly of Stockton, NSW; Pte Vi White of Corrimal, NSW, and Pte Rona Cooper.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ5720
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Acetate
Measurement
Overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in
Image: 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in
Date Made
c April 1955
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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