Major Stuart Paul "Bill" Weir, Officer Commanding the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian ...

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Accession Number 044419
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film polyester negative
Place made Korea: Pusan
Date made 3 April 1952
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Major Stuart Paul "Bill" Weir, Officer Commanding the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, shakes hands with President Syngman Rhee of South Korea (second from left) following the arrival of the battalion in Korea. James Plimsoll, the Australian delegate to the United Nations Committee for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea (UNCURK) is third from the left (wearing a dark suit).