The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of 5/2783 Private (Pte) Garry Burgoyne, of Kalgoorlie, WA (left), and 5/1895 Driver, Lance Corporal (LCpl) Vic Painter, of Perth, WA (right), both of the Royal Australian Service Corps which is stationed at Ipoh, in Central Perak. The pair are having a quick discussion before moving out in their GMC, CKW-353 two and a half ton trucks. Pte Burgoyne is armed with an Owen gun, and it is his job as the designated 'shot gun' rider to protect his truck in case of ambush by Communist terrorists. LCpl Painter also served in Korea with 102nd Australian Dental Section from 1953-1954.
Informal portrait of 5/1936 Private (Pte) Tom Foster, of Fremantle, WA, of A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR). He is a designated 'shot gun rider' sitting in the rear of a
Informal portrait of 5/2402 Gunner (Gnr) Ron Arnold, of Perth, WA, and 3/5404 Gnr Jim Muncaster, of Kent Town, SA, both of 105th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, sitting in the back of a GMC
Informal portrait of 6/803 Private (Pte) Bill Smith, of Launceston, Tas, a driver and member of The Royal Australian Army Service Corps (RAASC), which is integrated with 3 Company, Royal Army Service
Informal portrait of 3/5572 Private Don Hawksworth, of Fitzroy Gardens, Vic, sitting in the back of a GMC, CCKW-353 two and a half ton truck, about to light his cigarette. His Bren gun lies across his
Informal portrait of men of the Royal Australian Army Service Corps (RAASC) taking a road side break in central Perak. Some are smoking as they await the order to move off. There is one British soldie
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sir Henry Wells, KBE, CB, DSO, Chief of the General Staff Australian Army (second from left), inspects the vehicle lines of the Australian component of the Royal Australian
