The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
2/8909 Private (Pte) Ray Hutchins, of Port Arlington, Vic, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), reckons he 'has the game sewn up' for restful nights when he's out on patrol in the jungle. Pte Hutchins asked his mother to send him this American Army hammock with a water proof roof and zip up mosquito net, which he has found to be more than a match for all the nasties that infest the Malayan jungle at night. Here he sets up his hammock at the evening bivouac site, after a day of patrolling and lying in ambush for Communist terrorists in Perak. Pte Hutchins is on an eight day ambush patrol and has to carry the extra weight of the hammock in addition to his normal 60 pound load during the day, but he says it's well worth the comfort he gets from it at night. Pte Hutchins was later promoted to Corporal whilst in Malaya. He also served in Korea as 2/401545 with 2RAR from 1953-1954.
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
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
Corporal (Acting Sergeant), Max Williams, of Darra, Qld, 4 Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), is just back from an eight day jungle patrol in the Kroh area of Per
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
Loaded up and ready for his patrol, 6/985 Private (Pte) Ian Lloyd, 24, of Ulverstone, Tas, 9 Platoon (9 Pl), C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), watches as helicopters from
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
