The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 155 Squadron RAF, land on the sports field (padang) at Sungei Siput which will take 9 Pl deep into the jungle of Perak for a 14 day patrol hunting Communist terrorists. Pte Lloyd formerly worked as a railway fettler and has been a member of 2RAR for three years.
Unidentified members of 9 Platoon (9 Pl), C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), line up cans of AVGAS (aviation gasoline) next to a Westland Whirlwind helicopter from No155 S
Heavily laden members of 9 Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), file past one of two Westland Whirlwind helicopters from 155 Squadron RAF, which have landed on the
Heavily laden members of 9 Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), prepare to board a Westland Whirlwind helicopter from 155 Squadron RAF, which has landed on the spor
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
Members of 9 Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), file past one of two British Westland Whirlwind helicopters from 155 Squadron RAF, which have landed on the sports
Lance Corporal Sam Farmer, of Brisbane Qld, 9 Platoon (9 Pl), C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), is fully loaded up with about 65 pounds (30 kilograms) of equipment includ
