The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal group portrait of 2/5615 Corporal (Cpl) Jim Patrick Koeford, of Gunnedah, NSW (left), 3/5583 Private (Pte) Phil Hennings, of Fitzroy, Vic (second from left), 1/2349 Pte Stan Mercer, of Virginia, Qld (third from left), and 1/2561 Pte Andy Arnold, of Southport, Qld (right), all of Support Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR). They are discussing the previous nights ambush over a cup tea they have just brewed using 'canned heat'. After their tea the men will be able to relax for a number of hours in their shelters before being called again to take up their nightly vigil along the jungle trails of Southern Kedah. Some socks are drying on the tent behind them. Cpl Koeford Served in Korea with 2RAR from 1953-1954. Pte Mercer served as 1/4735 in Korea with 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) from 1952-1953. Pte Arnold served in Korea with 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) from 1953-1954 and also in South Vietnam with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) from 1963-1964.
Informal group portrait of members of 9 Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), completing a last minute check on the map of their patrol area, as they wait to board a
Informal portrait of 6/888 Private (Pte) David Press, of Swansea, Tas, and 1/1971 Pte Reg Wallace, of Kyogle, NSW, both of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), deciding on their toothp
3/10787 Private (Pte) John Govan, (left), and 2/10030 Pte Pat Gaughan right, with a Bren gun at his feet, both from Granville, NSW, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), enjo
Informal portrait of 4/1846 Private (Pte) Bernie Carroll, of Highett, Vic, 1/4006 Corporal M T 'Anklets' Webb, of Holland Park, Qld and 2/410205 Pte Brian Foster of Armidale, NSW. All three are from A
Acting Platoon commander, 2/10544 Sergeant (Sgt) Stan Catterall, of Richmond, Vic (left) and Section leader, 1/2968 Corporal (Cpl) Don Woods, of Grenfell, NSW (right), both of D Company, 2nd Battalion
Armed with his Owen gun, 1/1836 Private (Pte) (later Corporal) Stan Arnold, 24, of Cullamulla, Qld, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), lies back on a hammock as he takes a two hour b
