The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1/2296 Warrant Officer 2 (WO2), Alan L Lawson, of Coorparoo, Qld, Company Sergeant Major of B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), admiring a caged dove at the house of the headman on the Sakai Reserve. WO2 Lawson is visiting the reserve as part of a recruitment drive to enlist local men as bearers to take supplies through the jungle and up to the Australian patrols of 2RAR.
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
1/2573 Private (Pte) Raymond (Ray) Keith Bird, 35, of Giru, Qld, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), makes friends with an orphaned five year old at the Sakai Reserve, where he has b
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
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
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
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
