19915 Private S K J 'Len' Lenoy attempts to clear the bar in a pole vault competition. Private ...

Accession Number HOBJ0707
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Place made Japan: Kure
Date made c May 1950
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

19915 Private S K J 'Len' Lenoy attempts to clear the bar in a pole vault competition. Private Lenoy is an Aboriginal serviceman. He is participating in a British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) interzone athletics meeting, at Anzac Park, Kure. He was later killed in action (KIA) on 24 April 1951 at the Battle of Kapyong in the Korean War. He had also served in the Second World War (WWII).