The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A group of unidentified Malayan soldiers at the Kampong Becor, unloading 44 pound cartons of ration packs from small motor boats that have travelled upstream along the Perak river to resupply forward patrols of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR). These men, from the Malayan Home Guard based at Kuala Kangsar have worked long and arduous hours to ensure enough supplies have been brought forward, which will enable the Australians to continue their hunt for Communist terrorists in the jungle of Perak. A number of Alice or 'A' frames are piled on the river bank (left) and these will be used as back packs to carry the ration cartons into the jungle.
Organising a resupply operation is 2/7983 2nd Lieutenant Kevin J Long, (kneeling) of Newcastle, NSW, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), explaining the method of attaching a 44 pound
Watched by local villagers, an unidentified Australian soldier carefully negotiates a steep embankment as he takes a carton of ration packs down to a small motor boat moored on the Perak River. Once l
3/5654 Private (Pte) John G Mutton, of Geelong, Vic (standing left), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), supervising some men, recruited from the Sakai Reserve as they prepare to depa
Watched by local villagers, an unidentified Australian soldier carefully negotiates a steep embankment as he takes a carton of ration packs down to a small motor boat moored on the Perak River. Once l
A supply column comprising a mixed group of Malayan Home Guard and Australian soldiers make their way alongside a creek as they bring up 44 pound ration cartons on Alice frames to a patrol group from
Three unidentified members of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), take a breather before moving off with their column that will bring up supplies to a forward company that is in conta
