The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
There's no better way to fill in time than a card game, whether it's pontoon, 500, bridge or rickety Kate, out come the cards when troops have time on their hands. Here, men from D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), are waiting for a helicopter airlift that will take them to reinforce 10 Platoon who are high up in the mountains behind Sungei Siput, Perak. Clockwise from front left are: 3/5718 Private (Pte) Noel Coots, 22, of Geelong, Vic; 3/5424 Pte 'Dad' McKenzie, 32, of Collingwood, Vic; 3/5125 Lance Corporal (LCpl) (later Corporal) Fred Airs, 21, of Portland, Vic; LCpl 'Blue' Barr, 29, of Bullfinch, WA; Pte Doug Sawyer, (dealing the cards) of Willston Heights, Qld.
It's mail call in the jungle, and that's when a letter from home is very welcome. Here, 3/5125 Lance Corporal (later Corporal) Fred Airs, 21, of Portland, Vic (left) hands a letter to 3/4608 Private (
3/5125 Private (Pte) Fred Airs, of Portland, Vic, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), laid back and very content as he has a cooling drink of water from his canteen. Carryi
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
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 Sectio
Informal portrait ofPrivate (Pte) Ray Hutchind, of Port Arlington, Vic, 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), who has been on the trail of a group of Comm
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
