The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Westland Whirlwind helicopter for the start of a 14 day patrol in the jungle of Perak. One of the men (centre) has a Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine and a camera slung over his shoulders.
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), prepare to board a Westland Whirlwind helicopter from 155 Squadron RAF, which has landed on the spor
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
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
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
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
