The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 pieces of timber, metal star posts and rolls of barbed wire can be seen in the foreground.
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
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 a
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
Korea. 13 July 1953. Private Len Hume of Hargreave Park, NSW, and the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), uses an electric torch to guide him as he makes his way down a dark stair cas
Australian soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), sit and rest in a trench at the Seattle position in the area of The Hook, after the signing of the armistice. At the r
An unidentified soldier from the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), sits and rests in a trench at the Seattle position in the area of The Hook, after the signing of the armistice. At
