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| Keywords: australian war memorial australianwarmemorial people groupshot blackandwhite monochrome black and white Unknown photographer Puckapunyal, Victoria 1952 Newspaper portrait of four Western Australian soldiers prior to embarkation for service in the Korean War. The four friends, all 18 or 19 years of age, had been in National Service together before deciding to volunteer for service in Korea. Left to right: 52109 Private Kevin Thomas 'Doc' Watson; 52106 Private Maurice Keith 'Snow' White; 52103 Private Arthur John Scurry; and 52101 Private Norman Percival (Norm) Fury. They first travelled to Japan for training at 1 Reinforcement Holding Unit, Hiro. The day before embarking for Korea, Private White drowned at Hiro, and was buried in the British Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Yokohama. Privates Watson, Scurry and Fury served in Korea with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment Private Watson was wounded in action on 7 August 1952 and returned to Australia. Private Fury was wounded in action in September 1952 and also returned to Australia. Private Scurry continued his service and following a raid to capture a Chinese prisoner, he was reported assumed missing, presumed killed in action on 25 January 1953. Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions. This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection www.awm.gov.au Persistent URL: http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P09469.001 Unknown photographer Puckapunyal, Victoria 1952 Newspaper portrait of four Western Australian soldiers prior to embarkation for service in the Korean War. The four friends, all 18 or 19 years of age, had been in National Service together before deciding to volunteer for service in Korea. Left to right: 52109 Private Kevin Thomas 'Doc' Watson; 52106 Private Maurice Keith 'Snow' White; 52103 Private Arthur John Scurry; and 52101 Private Norman Percival (Norm) Fury. They first travelled to Japan for training at 1 Reinforcement Holding Unit, Hiro. The day before embarking for Korea, Private White drowned at Hiro, and was buried in the British Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Yokohama. Privates Watson, Scurry and Fury served in Korea with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment Private Watson was wounded in action on 7 August 1952 and returned to Australia. Private Fury was wounded in action in September 1952 and also returned to Australia. Private Scurry continued his service and following a raid to capture a Chinese prisoner, he was reported assumed missing, presumed killed in action on 25 January 1953. Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions. This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection www.awm.gov.au Persistent URL: http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P09469.001 | ||||
