The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
52691 Private (Pte) Dennis Charles Noakes, of Albany, WA, helps 11207 Corporal (Cpl) Arthur Robert Crummer, of Brisbane, Qld, lay an emergency telephone cable through floodwaters in Korea. The Imjin River, which borders the truce line camp of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), rose 25 feet overnight when the Korean rainy season started, and the soldiers of 1RAR were nearly washed out of their camp. Pte Noakes has been in Korea for nearly two months. He and Cpl Crummer are members of the signal platoon of 1RAR.
After floodwaters hit the camp of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) in Korea, 35259 Private (Pte) William McKay (Bill) Chalmers, of Norwell, Vic, used a river height indicator as
When the rainy season started in Korea recently the Imjin River rose 25 feet overnight, and cut off a company of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), camped on the far
When the rainy season started in Korea recently the Imjin River rose 25 feet overnight, and cut off a company of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), camped on the far
52772 Private William Anthony (Bill) Eade, of Geraldton, WA, carries out one his routine tasks during the current rainy season in Korea, checking the height of the flooded Imjin River, which borders t
52772 Private William Anthony (Bill) Eade, of Geraldton, WA, carries out one his routine tasks during the current rainy season in Korea, checking the height of the flooded Imjin River, which borders t
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), were nearly flooded out of their truce line camp in Korea, when nearly twelve inches of rain fell in 48 hours. Here two soldiers ar
