The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dog handler 2/5733 Private (Pte) Keith McDonald, of South Yarra, Vic, and his dog Prince, a three year old black and tan Alsatian, get together after a patrol. Prince is a member of the War Dog Section, which comprises eight trained dogs and their handlers used for tracking and jungle patrolling, attached to 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR). Operating in the notorious Sungei Siput area of Perak and probing deep into the jungle, the dogs, with their keen senses and their abilities to smell out an ambush are a firm favourite with the patrolling soldiers. Pte McDonald also served in Korea with 2RAR from 1953-1954.
Affection between man and his dog is clearly shown here, as dog handler 2/5733 Private (Pte) Keith McDonald, of South Yarra, Vic, and his dog Prince, a three year old black and tan Alsatian, get toget
Dog handler, 2/8822 Private (Pte) Colin Cross, of Alexandria, NSW, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), leads his tracking dog 'Jewell', as he sniffs his way ahead of the patrol throug
2/5665 Private (Pte) John Pickett, of Ingleburn, NSW, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), with ‘Rinty', a war dog with 2RAR. 'Rinty' and Pte Pickett are one of eight teams operating i
War dogs of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), are being used against the Communist terrorists in the notorious Sungei Siput district, and are firm favourites with the soldiers.
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
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
