Informal portrait of 2400799 Private Bruce Grattan Horgan, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian ...

Accession Number P06251.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Korea
Date made 20 September 1952
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of 2400799 Private Bruce Grattan Horgan, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), standing near a trench on Hill 187. Pte Horgan is armed to go on a summer night fighting patrol, which usually consists of 15 men. His armament consists of a 9mm Owen sub-machine gun, seven magazines each holding 33 bullets, and four M36 hand grenades.