Accession Number | HOBJ1646 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Hobson, Phillip Oliver |
Place made | North Korea |
Date made | c 26 October 1950 |
Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
North Korea. October 1950. A wounded Australian machine gunner is lowered from a wrecked bridge ...
Description
North Korea. October 1950. A wounded Australian machine gunner is lowered from a wrecked bridge on the Taeryong River in the Pakchong area of North Korea, as the United Nations keep up their steady advance against the retreating North Koreans. Improvised scaling ladders and lines were used to lower the wounded man to where a jeep ambulance could take him to a dressing station. The soldiers are from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR).