The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 break from gate checking duty 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 will prevent food supplies 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 and the men in the background are searching some packages strapped to some bicycles. The soldiers do their checking on a roster of two hours on and two hours off. Pte Arnold also served in Korea with 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), from 1953-1954 and with 2RAR in 1954.
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 K
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
With his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine slung over his shoulder, 2/2437 Private (Pte) (later Corporal) J S W 'Bluey' Clark, of Watsons Bay, NSW, 2nd Battalion, The Royal A
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
