K Force

Date
1950-1951
Reference
PAColl-0785-1-195
Description

Photographs taken for publication in the NZ Free Lance, 1950-1951 relating to the departure of K Force from Wellington on the troopship Ormonde, and in Korea. Includes photographs of named military personnel - J (Sailor) Chapman of Dunedin; Sgt A Dunn of Oamaru; Lt L W S Dickinson of New Plymouth; Gnr T H West of Christchurch; Gnr J B Christophers of Hamilton.

Captain R R Harding of Napier; Lt Gen Van Fleet (Commander of Eighth Army); Brigadier B A Burke (Commander of 27th Brigade), Brigadier George Taylor (Commander of 28th Brigade).

Driver P Ball of Christchurch; Gnr G A Sexton and Gnr D Wilson, both of Masterton; Gnr J Fox; Gnr J G Turnwald of Gisborne; Gnr N H Wilson of Auckland; Gnr R K Ross of Dannevirke; Signalman G A Rippin of Levin; Gnr S Spring of Eketahuna; Gnr R F Skeen and Gnr W Feeney both of Auckland; Gnr G Nelson of Wellington; J Taggart; Gnr Rex George of Wellington, and with Brig R S Park; A J Tamion of Auckland; S B Coupar of Bluff with his mother; J V Rogers of Auckland; Lt O A D Johnson of Wellington with his family; Gnr A Kahui of Wellington.

Captain H Dudfield; Major General K L Stewart; Keeling (MP for Gisborne); Captain P King of Invercargill; Sgt B M Quarterman of Wellington; Sgt P J Morgan of Wellington; Sgt J R McDonald of Nelson; J L Turner of Martinborough; J G Helsby of Matangi; V C Wright of Onehunga; C R Burnett of Tuakau; D Wilson of Masterton; J W Jones of Palmerston North.

Drivers H R Kelly of New Plymouth, K W Hamblyn of Dunedin, S Parkinson of Hamilton, W T Capper of Auckland, and B C Marychurch of Whangarei.

Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Access restrictions
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Part of
New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives / Photographic prints
Format
33 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin prints
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