The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Armed with a US M1 .30 Calibre Carbine, 6/776 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) (later Major) Harry Smith, 23, of Glenorchy, Tas (centre), C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), having a discussion with two of his men, Owen gunner, 6/985 Private Ian Lloyd, 25, of Ulverstone, Tas (right) and Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Sam Farmer, 20, of Brisbane, Qld (left). L Cpl Farmer is armed with the new Fabrique Nationale (FN) Self Loading Rifle (SLR). 2nd Lt Smith later served in South Vietnam as a Major, commanding D Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) from 1966-1967. He fought at the Battle of Long Tan on 18 August 1966, where he was awarded the Military Cross, on 21 December 1966.
5/1487 Warrant Officer Class 2 Don Symonds, of Victoria Park, WA (back), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), gives instruction on the new Belgian, Fabrique Nationale (FN) Self Loading
The Commander in Chief Far Eastern Land Forces (FARELF), Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sir Francis Festing, pays his first visit to Australian troops stationed in Malaya at the 2nd Battalion, The Royal
3/410493 Private (Pte) Noel Smith, of Collingwood, Vic, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Looks back across the Sungei (river) Plus towards the dense jungle of Northern Malaya where
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
Loaded up and ready for his patrol, 6/985 Private (Pte) Ian Lloyd, 24, of Ulverstone, Tas, 9 Platoon (9 Pl), C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), watches as helicopters from
Informal portrait of three Australian soldiers from 6 Platoon, B Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) who were involved in an ambush on 3 July 1958, which resulted in the death
