The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A Bren gun is not the softest of pillows, but Private Jock Stewart, of Glenn Innes, NSW, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), is not fussy after five hours of jungle bashing. He is on an eight day ambush patrol searching for Communist terrorists in the jungle of Perak.
Private (Pte) C R 'Sully' Sullivan, of Kempsy, NSW, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), enjoying a cup of tea during a halt in patrolling. Pte Sully is on an eight day patr
Private (Pte) Noel Walsh, of Thornbury, Vic, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) cleans his stripped down Owen gun at the evening camp site after a hard day of patrolling. P
Heavily laden men of D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), move through a rubber plantation as they hunt Communist terrorists in Perak. The men each have to carry over 60 pou
After a long day of patrolling, Private (Pte) Jim Head, of Ingham, NSW, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), cleans his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle c
Informal portrait of 1/2427 Private (Pte) Arthur 'Bluey' Hamilton, of Mackay, Qld (rear) erecting his insect net and tent, while his mate 3/4608 Pte Kev O'Meara, of Windsor, Vic (foreground) unpacks r
Heavily laden members of D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), move past an unidentified perimeter guard, and out into the rubber trees, as they leave their Company base at L
