148561
Photograph 148561 Korean War, 1950-1953Hiro, Japan. 1953-08-07. Four Australian former prisoners-of-war (POWs) at the POW Reception Camp at JRBD after repatriation from Korea. Left to right: 2/400030 Private R. Parker, 3rd Battalion, The R
P03874.009 Accession Number: P03874.009
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Four former prisoners of war (POW), who all served in Korea with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). Left to right: 2/400030 Private (Pte) Robert (Bob) Parker, who was captured by the Chinese during the battle of Kapyong on 24 April 1951; 3/400795 Pte A Poole, who was captured by the Chinese on 25 April 1953 when a patrol from A Company, attempting to capture a Chinese prisoner from Chinese positions on Hill 355 (Little Gibraltar), ran into fierce Chinese resistance; 2/400000 Corporal (Cpl) Donald Pattison Buck, who was captured by the Chinese in the Inchon sector on 21 January 1951 and 3/400808 Pte Vin O'Brien, who was captured along with Pte Poole on 25 April 1953. Pte Parker and Cpl Buck spent most of their time as POWs in Camp 5, the Chinese POW camp on the Yalu River near the North Korean border with Manchuria and Pte's Poole and O'Brien, mostly at the "Mining Camp", also known as the Central Camp, near Suan. All four former POWs were released in Operation Big Switch on 6 August 1953.
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Accession Number
P03874.009
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Date Made
August 1953
Place Made
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Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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