R. K. Cashman Korean War Photo Collection

Digger
Photo-Documentary of an Aussie Infantryman

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Ron Cashman
6 Platoon, B Coy, 3RAR, Korea '51-'53

Little Gibraltar	The Mound	POWs	Regrets
*Truce Line Map*	George	Ham Sandwich	*Imjin Area Map*

The PHOTOS

(The information about these photos comes from captions written in ink on their backs.)
You may wonder how these pictures came about. Well, in late '51 it was possible to buy small and cheap cameras from Japan, also film was later carried by the canteen unit. We had to have them developed by blokes going on R&R in the begining, later I think our canteen people handled that job for us. (wont swear to that)

The photos when developed were 2" x 1 1/2" and on poor quality paper. Most were sent home where they faded to a pale brown colour over the years, but lucky for me most of mine stayed reasonable as they were in an album I expect!

The majority of these pics are those I sent my wife Betty, and only covered my second tour. Some have survived from the small number that I sent to my mother during my first tour, but not enough sad to say.

A Digger was suited for this, if anyone was ...

1951
Digging
Our basic occupation

'51-'52
Life Underground
Me and Eddie

Not much need for athletic facilities, for 3RAR to keep in shape

Digging in again, 1951
There were reasons ...

6 Platoon
Before much action

Diggers
Not in best spirits

Luggage
Yeh, that's right.

Bluey Clark, 1951
At The Hinge

Back from patrol
There were a lot more to come

Well broken in were we, by this time ...

We couldn't take many winter snaps as the cheap cameras froze up, those who had the brains and money to purchase a good one did alright. There were a number of army photographers over the years, their work had it survived was top notch. Much was lost by carelessness on the part of caretakers of it.