The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two unidentified soldiers from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), and a Malayan Policewoman undertake gate checking duty of a group of people at the entry point to a village in the Kuala Kangsar district of Perak. 2RAR is involved in a food denial and control operation which is conducted to prevent food supplies from falling into the hands of Communist terrorists, who are known to be active in the area. All people entering or leaving the village are searched for contraband. Here, a lighter moment as one soldier says hello to a small Malayan boy sitting on the handlebars of a bicycle.
5/2840 Private R J 'Rio' Riordan, of Claremont, WA (left standing in truck), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), and Malayan Police Officers search trucks for food supplies and other
Armed with an Owen gun, this unidentified Lance Corporal (centre), of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), carefully checks the identity papers of rubber plantation workers as they pas
Armed with his Owen gun, 1/1836 Private (Pte) (later Corporal) Stan Arnold, 24, of Cullamulla, Qld, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), lies back on a hammock as he takes a two hour b
Unidentified men of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), enjoying a hot cup of tea from an urn which has been brought up to them in the back of a light truck. 2RAR are undertaking a fo
Armed with an Owen gun, 5/2840 Private (Pte) R J 'Rio' Riordan, of Claremont, WA (standing in truck right), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), ensures that no illegal food supplies l
In the cold light of dawn and assisted by the lights of their trucks, unidentified men from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), conduct a search and check of rubber tappers at the bar
