The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 John Wendell (Jack) Holm (right), of Balgowlah, NSW. The other soldiers in the line are unidentified.
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
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
Australian troops in Korea are sweltering in the steamy heat of the rainy season. With the heat and the rain come the mosquitos, and anti-malarial pills and mosquito nets are a must. Quartermaster's s
Even in the Korean wet season, when the hills run with water and the lowlands become sodden lakes of mud, training continues. These soldiers of the 3rd battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR),
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
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 '
