The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Armed with an Owen gun and completely loaded up with rations, 2/7655 Private (Pte) Dick Abercrombie, of Wollongong NSW, B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), prepares to rejoin B Coy, after he and other members of a ration party picked up extra provisions that will enable B Coy to continue their hunt for a Communist terrorist group in the jungle of Perak. Pte Abercrombie also served in Korea with 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), in 1954.
Unidentified men of B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), file through the undergrowth down a steep track in the jungle of Perak. The second man in the line is armed
Private (Pte) Bob Tyrrell, of Fairfield, NSW, B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), secures two 24 hour ration boxes prior to packing them into his backpack. Pte Tyre
Six days rations for one man in that load, as Private (Pte) 'Snowy' Pullen, of Wollongong, NSW (kneeling), B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), tightens up a few str
These unidentified soldiers of B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), have just met a ration truck at a rendezvous point near the road to Sungei Siput. They are now re
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
Lance Corporal (LCpl) Bob Watson, of Wynnum, Qld, B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), tightens his pack after loading it with six days worth of rations. The men in
