The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Australian Regiment (2RAR), conducts gate keeping duty as he searches local people for food supplies and other contraband before allowing them to board a ferry moored on the Perak river. 2RAR are undertaking a food denial operation against Communist terrorists who are known to be operating in the area. Pte Clark also served in Korea with 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), from 1951-1952; 2RAR in 1953 and 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) in 1954. The man on the right appears to be a Malayan Police Officer.
With his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine slung over his shoulder and silhouetted against the Perak River, an unidentified sentry from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Re
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
Informal group portrait of members of 9 Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), completing a last minute check on the map of their patrol area, as they wait to board a
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
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
After a long day of patrolling, Private (Pte) Jim Head, of Ingham, NSW, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), cleans his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle c
