Accession Number | HOBJ3895 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Hobson, Phillip Oliver |
Place made | Korea: Jamestown Line Area |
Date made | 1 January 1953 |
Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Korea. 1 January 1953. Members of A Company, the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment ...
Description
Korea. 1 January 1953. Members of A Company, the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), having enjoyed Christmas dinner, are amused at the antics of an impromptu Santa Claus (Warrant Officer Class 2 R. O. McLaughlin of Ingleburn, NSW, Company Sergeant Major of A Company), who arrived to distribute Christmas parcels. The Battalion celebrated Christmas on New Years Day as it was in the front line on Christmas Day.