The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified members of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), have a roadside cigarette break. The man leaning against the mudguard of the GS quarter ton truck (Jeep) is armed with a Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine. A local man looks on curiously as he cycles past the group of soldiers on his bicycle. Some village huts and palm trees are visible in the background.
With his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine slung over his shoulder, 3/5728 Private (Pte) (later Corporal) John Taylor, of Rosanna, Vic (right), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Austr
Groups of soldiers from A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) sit in the back of their GMC, CCKW-353 two and a half ton trucks, as the convoy of vehicles prepares to set off t
Informal portrait of 1/3274, M Rattray, of Sandgate, Qld, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), propped against a tree reading his mail from home and smoking a cigarette. He has just r
A GS quarter ton truck (Jeep) being followed by a GMC, CCKW-353 two and a half ton truck, both laden with unidentified troops from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), travelling down
A base camp in a rubber plantation for one of the Companies of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR). The small, two man shelters display individual style and are made from two rubberise
Men of A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), gather together in small groups for a chat in a rubber plantation after being separated to search heavy jungle in pursuit of Comm
