The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
4/1737 Private (Pte) John Balnaves, 23, of Mt Gambier, SA, B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), cleaning his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine after a shoot at the B Coy range. Pte Balnaves is a signaller and has been in the army for about ten months. Prior to joining the army he was employed as a truck driver in Mt Gambier.
1/3604 Private (later Lance Corporal) Don Lord, 20, of Mt Isa, Qld, B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) waits his turn for a shoot with his Number 5, Short Magazine
2/5009 Private (Pte) T S 'Slim' Cahalane, of Condoblin, NSW, B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) waits his turn for a shoot with his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enf
2/8783 Private H 'Vic' Podesta, of Riverstone, NSW, B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), stands guard while the men behind him unload 24 hour ration packs from a truck on th
6/1059 Private (Pte) Royce Sheriff, of Wynyard, Tas (left), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), stops to chat with Muragiah Asu of the Malayan Police as they patrol the barbed wire ga
Giving a helping hand to his mate, 2/8670 Private (Pte) (later Corporal) Ted Brookes, of Newcastle, NSW (left), tightens a pack strap for 1/3520 Pte (later Sergeant) Alan Bulow of Gladstone Qld (right
Relaxing on his birthday, 3/10977 Warrant Officer (WO) Rag 'Topper' Brown, of Seymour, Vic, A Company (A Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), sits next to a rubber tree in a plan
