The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 carton of ration packs onto an Alice or 'A' frame. The surrounding men are members of the Malayan Home Guard and they have been enlisted by 2RAR to backpack the food and supplies forward to the Australian patrols who are on the hunt for Communist terrorists in the jungle of Perak.
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
On jungle escort duty is Corporal (Cpl) Jeff Smith, 23, of Launceston, Tas, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), demonstrating how to adjust the Alice or 'A' frame which is being used
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
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
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
