The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Westland Whirlwind helicopter from 155 Squadron, RAF. They will be taken deep into the jungle of Perak for a 14 day patrol against Communist terrorists. Identified left to right are 2/10595 Private (Pte) Bob Tanner, of Ingleburn, NSW (left); 6/985 Pte Ian Lloyd, of Ulverstone, Tas; 1/3362 Corporal (Cpl) John Phillips, of Rainworth, Qld (sitting) and 2/2437 Pte (later Corporal) J 'Bluey' Clark, of Watsons Bay, NSW. Cpl Phillips previously served in Korea with 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), from 1954-1955. Pte Clark also served in Korea with 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), from 1951-1952, 2RAR in 1953 and 1 RAR in 1954.
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
With his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine slung over his shoulder, 2/2437 Private (Pte) (later Corporal) J S W 'Bluey' Clark, of Watsons Bay, NSW, 2nd Battalion, The Royal A
3/40085 Captain (Capt) Bill Metcalfe, of Cairns, Qld (left), C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), consults a map with Flight Lieutenant Douglas Young, of Auckland, New Zeala
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
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
