The caterer with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) in Korea 6239 Sergeant ...

Accession Number HOLJ0189
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Holzheimer, Claude Rudolph
Place made Korea: 38th Parallel
Date made November 1955
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
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Description

The caterer with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) in Korea 6239 Sergeant (Sgt) Alan Verdeen Midson, of Hobart, Tas, (second from right) discusses the Christmas Day menu with his cooks. Left to right: 311176 Sgt Thomas Edward Gill, of MIddlesex, United Kingdom; 35394 Pte Olaf Frederick Ehrnholm, of Ferntree Gully, Vic; 310165 Corporal (Cpl) John Henry McCaughan, of Melbourne, Vic; Sgt Midson; 28328 Private (Pte) Bryan Pennycad, of Sydney, NSW. The diggers serving on the truce line will get a four course Christmas dinner, including roast turkey and Christmas pudding with brandy sauce.

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