The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1/3599 Private (Pte) Ralph Sutton, of Camp Hill, Qld (left) and 2/5673 Pte Ron Cole, of Mt Gravatt, Qld (right), watch as their mate, 5/2124 Pte Bill Killick, of Maniana, WA (centre), inflates his air mattress. All three are from D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR). Carrying an air mattress is optional for the patrolling soldiers, some believe that the extra weight is justified for the good nights sleep they get. The men are engaged in an eight day patrol, hunting Communist terrorists in the jungle of Perak. Pte Cole served in Korea with 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) from 1954-1955 and Pte Killick served with 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) from 1953-1954.
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
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
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
Acting Company Commander, 3/12015 Captain (Capt) Terry Gray, of Sydney, NSW (left), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), talking on a radio set, requesting the 'all clear' b
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
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
