NOEL MONKS WAS ALREADY A VETERAN OF MANY WARS WHEN HE REPORTED FROM KOREA. HE HAD COVERED THE ...

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Accession Number 044134
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film polyester negative
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
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NOEL MONKS WAS ALREADY A VETERAN OF MANY WARS WHEN HE REPORTED FROM KOREA. HE HAD COVERED THE ABYSSINIAN CAMPAIGN, THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR, FOR FLEET STREET PAPERS. THE AUSTRALIAN VETERAN AT THIS TIME WAS REPORTING FOR THE LONDON DAILY MAIL. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN OF HIM AT A FORWARD POSITION ON CHRISTMAS DAY, 1953.