The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
It's hard to keep Australians out of the water, even when they are only a couple of miles away from the Communist (North Korean and Chinese) positions on the truce line in Korea. Private (Pte) Peter 'Smoky' Dawson (left), of Granville, NSW, and two of his mates in the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), help to build a small tarpaulin lined pool in the forward Australian camp, on the edge of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ). The DMZ is the strip of no man's land which separates the Communists from the United Nations forces on the truce line. It's not the same as Bondi, but in the steamy heat of the Korean rainy season, any kind of a dip is welcome. The soldier at the right is 52773 Pte Terry Mellender Greensmith of Killarney, WA, while the soldier in the centre is unidentified.
Sweat soaked soldier Private (Pte) Harry Fox of Bardon, Qld, unloads his rifle after returning from five mile patrol into the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on the Korean truce line. Patrolling the two mile
Sweat soaked soldier 35410 Private (Pte) Harold Geoffrey (Geoff) Rayson of Benalla, Vic, cools off after returning from five mile patrol into the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on the Korean truce line. Pat
Two unidentified soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) cool off in a homemade swimming pool near the Korean truce line, while 52773 Private (Pte) Terry Mellender Greensmi
An Australian patrol ploughs through muddy water and the head high grass of an abandoned paddy field in the middle of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on the Korean truce line. Leading the patrol is 34524
A Korean soldier serving with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) on the truce line in Korea, gets instructions from 25982 Corporal (Cpl) William George Strutton of Merrylands, NSW
41653 Private (Pte) William Francis (Bill) D'Arcy, of Port Pirie, SA, is a member of an Australian truce line patrol in Korea. Pte D'Arcy has been in Korea for seven months with the 1st Battalion, The
