The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Corporal Wiliam (Bill) Bernard Everon, of A Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR). Patrolmen must wear American type Military Police (MP) helmets and armbands when they enter the DMZ, which separates the Communists (North Koreans and Chinese) from the United Nations forces in the truce line. This series of photographs (MELJ1049 to MELJ1054) is the first to be taken inside the Commonwealth sector of the DMZ.
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
52268 Private (Pte) Lloyd Stephens, of Perth, WA, and of A Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), moves out with a patrol into the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) which separates the U
An Australian patrol moves through the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on the Korean truce line. Both the Communists and the United Nations forces are allowed to send out patrols as far as the military demar
Unidentified members of an Australian patrol make observations of North Korean or Chinese movement in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on the Korean truce line. Both the Communists and the United Nations
Unidentified members of an Australian patrol into the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on the Korean truce line. Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) alternate with other Common
26931 Corporal (Cpl) Dale Rothwell of Hurstville, NSW, leads an Australian patrol into the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on the Korean truce line. Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regime
