The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
6/1059 Private (Pte) Royce Sheriff, of Wynyard, Tas (left), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), stops to chat with Muragiah Asu of the Malayan Police as they patrol the barbed wire gates and fence at the entrance to a village in the Kuala Kangsar area. Pte Sheriff is armed with a Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine.
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
The Commander in Chief Far Eastern Land Forces (FARELF), Lieutenant General Sir Francis Festing (wearing a light coloured uniform left) pays his first visit to Australian troops stationed in Malaya at
The Commander in Chief Far Eastern Land Forces (FARELF), Lieutenant General Sir Francis Festing (wearing a light coloured uniform left) pays his first visit to Australian troops in stationed in Malaya
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
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
3/10681 Private (Pte) S 'Taffy' Collict, of Geelong, Vic, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), using an Australian made 510 radio set to keep in touch with company headquart
