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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. Patrolling the two mile wide strip of no man's land that separates the Communists (North Koreans and Chinese) from the United Nations forces, is a tough job in the steamy heat of the Korean rainy season. Pte Rayson has been serving in Korea for four months as a rifleman in D Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR). Before he joined the army two years ago Pte Rayson helped his father run a grocery store at Redesdale, Vic.
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
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 '
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
Salt tablets are a must in the steamy heat of the Korean monsoon season. Handing them out to a 'chow' line of sweat soaked soldiers at the end of a gruelling battle exercise is 27334 Lance Corporal Jo
27498 Private (Pte) Noel Pearce, of Katoomba, NSW, is a member of an Australian truce line patrol in Korea. Pte Pearce has been serving in Korea for five months with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Aust
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
