The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Hardly the same as a private suite at the Savoy-Plaza, but this construction of boughs and waterproof groundsheets will keep some of the weather away from these soldiers if the tropical rains start coming down. These unidentified soldiers are from D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), and they are on an eight day ambush patrol in the jungle of Perak.
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
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
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
Dog handler 2/5733 Private (Pte) Keith McDonald, of South Yarra, Vic, and his dog Prince, a three year old black and tan Alsatian, get together after a patrol. Prince is a member of the War Dog Sectio
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
