The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Private Doug Sawyer, of Willston Heights, Qld, 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), sits in the shadow of a RAF Bristol 171 Sycamore helicopter, resting his arm on the nose wheel. He is armed with a Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine (number 144) and is waiting his turn with other reinforcements to be air lifted up to the main body of 10 Pl, who have been pursuing of a group of Communist terrorists through the jungle and mountains of Northern Perak for the last 12 days. They are totally exhausted and urgently in need of supplies and reinforcements. A small landing zone (LZ) has been hacked out of the jungle, 3600 feet above sea level, just big enough for these small helicopters to land and deliver their vital cargo of fresh men and supplies.
Viewed through the clear nose of a RAF Bristol 171 Sycamore helicopter is a small landing zone (LZ) where it will land to deliver men and supplies to 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The
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
Unidentified men of 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), anxiously watch a RAF Bristol 171 Sycamore helicopter make its descent onto a small jungle landi
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
A RAF Bristol Sycamore light helicopter takes off, as it heads towards a small landing zone (LZ), seven miles away and 3600 feet above sea level in the mountains behind Sungei Siput. It is carrying r
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
