Korea, 1952-05. Informal outdoors portrait of the officers of 'A' Company, 3rd Battalion, The ...

Place Asia: Korea
Accession Number P02208.036
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Shelton, Jeffrey James
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Korea, 1952-05. Informal outdoors portrait of the officers of 'A' Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), in a reserve area. The soldiers are, left to right, back row: 1/113 Captain Alexander Vogler (Alec) Preece, the company second-in-command; 3/395 Major Jeffrey James (Jim) Shelton MC, the company commander; 1/116 Lieutenant (Lt) Lawrence George (Algy) Clark MC, on temporary attachment to the company. Front row: 5/366 Lt Eric Robert (Bob) McCully, 2 Platoon; 3/37672 Lt Laurence Bonaventure (Laurie) Ryan, 1 Platoon; 3/35011 Lt Francis Peter (Pete) Scott, 3 Platoon. Lt Ryan went missing presumed killed in action on 1952-07-13.