P03874.010 Accession Number: P03874.010

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2/400030 Private (Pte) Robert (Bob) Parker (right) welcomes 203858 Gunner (Gnr) N G (Judy) Garland (centre) at Mascot Airport, as Gnr Garland passes through Sydney on his way home to New Zealand while Major Cohen (left) from the Australian Red Cross looks on. Pte Parker, who served in Korea with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) and Gnr Garland who served with the 16th New Zealand Field Regiment are both former prisoners of war (POW) who were released by the Chinese during Operation Big Switch in August 1953. Gnr Garland was the only New Zealand POW of the Korean War.

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Accession Number
P03874.010
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Date Made
26 August 1953
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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