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Captain Graeme Belleville

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Three photographs relating to Captain Graeme Belleville.

08.133a
Thirteen army personnel on Christmas Day 1965 having drinks in a recreation building at Da Nang. Strung across the room are decorations with 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' over the doorway and above is a framed photo and an Australian flag. A rifle is hung on the wall on either side of the double doors. There is a flag with a central star on the right and a hanging sign on the left, [ NUOC MAM HALL/ HOME/ OF THE/ -ENDABLES/VIE] Lounge chairs and a round table are in front of the group.

08.133b
Graeme Belleville in army pants and jumper standing in front of a square marquee with sand bags around the base in Korea in about 1953.

08.133c
Graeme Belleville in army uniform carrying several small bags and a kit-bag, on the footpath in front of a brick building in Sydney on 28 February 1953, the day he left for Korea. An lady is walking behind him.

Historical information

In February 1953, Private Graeme Belleville who had been posted away from the Second Battalion, R.A.R. a few days before embarkation stowed away on the troopship New Australia bound for Korea. He had organised his inoculations at Puckapunyal, bade his family farewell, paid his fare to Sydney and smuggled himself aboard. He was fined 5 pounds and put back 'on strength'.

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Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

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Graeme Belleville
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