The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 depart on a re supply mission. The men will carry Alice or 'A' frames which are each loaded with a 44 pound carton of ration packs and each carton contains ten 24 hour ration packs, which can sustain ten men for 24 hours or one man for ten days. While Pte Mutton is armed with an Owen sub machine gun, most of the surrounding men are armed with shotguns and locally produced knives. These local men have shown courage and fortitude and they perform a great task under arduous conditions in re supplying the Australian patrols who are forward hunting Communist terrorists.
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
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
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
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
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
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
