The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Acting Company Commander, 3/12015 Captain (Capt) Terry Gray, of Sydney, NSW (left), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), talking on a radio set, requesting the 'all clear' before he sends off the Bristol Sycamore helicopters that will carry his men to reinforce 10 Platoon who are in need of reinforcments and supplies after chasing a group of fleeing Communist terrorists for the last 12 days through the jungle of Northern Perak and up into the mountains behind Sungei Siput. Capt Gray's Signalman, 1/2304 Private Allan Cronin, 24, of Ashgrove, Qld (right) listens in, ready to assist. The unidentified men in the background are waiting to board the helicopters. Capt Gray served in Korea with 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) and 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) in 1954 and later with Headquarters 28th British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade from 1954-1955. Pte Cronin also served in Korea with 2RAR from 1953-1954 and later with 1RAR in 1954.
Looking tired and unshaven, 2/10030 Private (Pte) Pat Gaughan, of Sydney, NSW, 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), has been on the trail of a group of C
Relaxing with a cigarette and his feet up displaying the soles of his jungle boots, 4/1282 Private (Pte) John Fleming, 24, of Gladstone, SA, 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company (D Coy), 2nd Battalion, The R
Unidentified men of 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) (foreground), watch as other men rush in to unload supplies from a Bristol Sycamore helicopter. T
Informal portrait of 6/888 Private (Pte) David Press, of Swansea, Tas, and 1/1971 Pte Reg Wallace, of Kyogle, NSW, both of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), deciding on their toothp
Informal portrait of 1/3181 Private (Pte) Ron Siganto, of Chermside, Qld, 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), as he listens intently for the sounds of a
2/5009 Private (Pte) T S 'Slim' Cahalane, of Condoblin, NSW, B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) waits his turn for a shoot with his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enf
