The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. Pte Walsh is a member of an eight day ambush patrol, hunting Communist terrorists in the jungle of Perak.
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
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
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
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
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
