The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Members of D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), most wearing helmets and many holding their rifles, sit on the rear slopes of The Hook and wait to be told the terms of the armistice which was signed on 27 July 1953. Behind the men at the left is a sandbagged dugout, while in the foreground are large pieces of timber, rolls of barbed wire and other materials used in the construction of trenches and barbed defences.
An unidentified company sergeant major (foreground) of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), addressing D Company on the rear slopes of The Hook to announce the terms of the armisti
One of the lateral defences of the Hook, which has been abandoned after the signing of the Korean War armistice. A sandbagged trench leads up towards a reinforced tunnel or dugout at the rear. Large
After the armistice, items of clothing hang from wire which has been strung across the top of an abandoned sandbagged trench at The Hook. Large pieces of timber and rolls of barbed wire are lying on t
Majon'ni, Korea. 1953-07-28. Following the cease fire troops from D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), working amongst barbed wire and rubble above a sandbagged bunker, in a
Majon'ni, Korea. 1953-07-30. Troops from Support Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), sit amongst barbed wire and rubble on the anti tank position high up on The Hook followin
Majon'ni, Korea. 1953-07-27. Aerial view of The Hook defences showing the trenching and supply routes of D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), on the mountain slopes.
