The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
28315 Private (Pte) Malcolm 'Tex' Sinclair, of Maerannie, via Singleton, NSW, puts plenty of muscle into a javelin throw during an athletics meeting of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) in Korea. Pte Sinclair won the event with a throw of 124 feet. The meeting was held on a sports ground bulldozed out of a former battlefield on the banks of the Imjin River. Pte Sinclair, who joined the Australian Regular Army eighteen months ago, has been in Korea with 1RAR for just over a month.
An unidentified soldier wins a race at an athletics meeting of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) in Korea. The meeting was held on a sports ground bulldozed out of a former battl
27812 Private (Pte) David Sherman Dennis of Trangie, NSW, makes a good leap in the broad jump event during an athletics meeting held in Korea by the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR)
An unidentified athlete from the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) team puts all his energy into his throw of the javelin. He is competing in the All-Japan athletics meeting for members of
Former Gurkha officer 312019 Captain (Capt) Philip Alfred Harrington, now serving with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) in Korea, clears the high jump bar in good style during a
Former Gurkha officer 312019 Captain (Capt) Philip Alfred Harrington, now serving with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) in Korea, clears the high jump bar in good style during a
Athletics meeting held for Australians and other Commonwealth troops of BCOF. Competitors in track and field events and prizes being awarded to successful athletes. A competitor in the javelin throw.
