The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 the jungle fringe in Perak. He is holding a Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine.
A hive of activity as unidentified men of B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), unload ration cases and other provisions from a truck sent to re supply them on the fr
Unidentified members of an ambush team from D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), move cautiously down a weed covered bank into a clear swamp area as they patrol along the f
With his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine slung over his shoulder and silhouetted against the Perak River, an unidentified sentry from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Re
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
Three unidentified men from C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) wave off their mates from 9 Platoon, as they lift off from the sports field (padang) at Sungei Siput in a We
Unidentified members of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), have a roadside cigarette break. The man leaning against the mudguard of the GS quarter ton truck (Jeep) is armed with a Nu
