AWM Collection Record: HOBJ4520

AWM image HOBJ4520

ID Number: HOBJ4520
Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Date made: 28 July 1953
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Private E. J. J. (Ted) Neylan, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), of Glass House Mountain, Qld, and Private Merve Morgan, 2RAR, of Rockhampton, Qld, shake hands with two Communist soldiers of a demolition party. The Chinese were preparing to demolish tunnels which they had dug to within 100 metres of the Australian defensive positions along the Hook feature. Taken the day after the cease-fire this sort of fraternization was quickly stopped by the higher authorities of both sides.
Copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
Copyright holder: Copyright Expired
Related conflict: Korean War, 1950-1953

Last-Modified: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:32:56 GMT

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