The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Scrambling up a steep cliff like this is no easy job even in broad daylight, but in pitch darkness it is a really tough proposition. However it is all in a day's work to these soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), who are taking part in a night exercise near the Korean truce line. The cliff leads up from the Imjin River, which the soldiers have just crossed in assault boats.
Assault boats carrying a medium machine gun section of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), run ashore during a night river crossing exercise in Korea. The heavily armed soldiers h
It's heavy going for these soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), scrambling up a rocky defile in a cliff face during a battle exercise in Korea. They have just crossed t
It's heavy going for these soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), scrambling up a rocky defile in a cliff face during a battle exercise in Korea. They have just crossed t
Upper Ramu Valley, New Guinea. Up the final stages of a 200 feet sheer cliff in the tough Finisterre Ranges are Lieutenant F. Watt of Preston, Vic, and Private J. Summers of East Kew, Vic, using a rop
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), 'freeze' as a parachute flare lights up the scene during a night battle exercise near the Korean truce line. They have just crosse
New Guinea. A log pile serves as a table as a game of cards gets under way at Casey's Knoll high in the Finisterre Ranges. These soldiers have just returned from a tough ten day's patrol along the tra
