Memories - Kelvin Seabourne

 

 

Army No: 6/817  Name: Kelvin K Seabourne (I was only 19)

 

How you got to Korea: Ship called New Australia

 

Postcard - New Australia

(Written on back - K Seabourne went to Korea 1952, returned 1954.)

 

 

Types of soldiers who were with you: 2 Batt RAR

Landing in Korea: Posan

Place: Cold, barren and covered in snow in winter

 

What did the Country look like?

Any Roads?  Yes

Farms?  Yes

What did you do to settle in, at first? 

Travelled 500 miles on train to front

Type of rations and conditions of living: 

Tent and typical army food

Clothing: Battle fatigues

What leave you receive? 

7 days and 21 days in Japan, Kure and Tokyo

When you left Korea, what were your feelings? 

Glad and sad

K Seabourne and Han Man Sun (Korean), 1953

 

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