The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
5288 Sergeant (Sgt) Reginald (Reg) Amos Bandy MBE, Commander of 8 Platoon, C Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), leading a patrol on exercise in Japan preparing for Korea. Sgt Bandy is in the lead carrying a US hand held portable radio 'walkie talkie'. Behind him is Private (Pte) 'Tas' Nelson the platoon runner followed by Pte Stanley John 'Blue' Wilkinson carrying the 2 inch mortar tube. Pte Wilkinson was killed by a sniper during the 'Battle of Broken Bridge' at Pakchon on 26 October 1950. Pte Wilkinson is followed by Pte Gibson.
5288 Sergeant Reginal Amos Bandy (left), Platoon Sergeant, C Company and 23564 Private Arthur Fisher Evans, C Company, outside a one man tent during manoeuvres by 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian R
Troops of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), trained intensively for combat at weekend field exercises. Their march to the t
Studio portrait of 5288 RSM Warrant Officer Reginald Amos Bandy who served during the Second World War. 'Reflections – Honouring our World War Two Veterans' was a project that saw 6,500 Second Worl
240096 Captain (Capt) A P Denness of the 3rd Battalion (right), The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), is using a Walkie Talkie, a portable two-way radio transmitter and receiver, during a patrol. An
Wearing a surplice and cassock, 240103 Padre A W Laing conducts a funeral service in a cemetery. He is standing behind earth graves with white crosses. It is possibly the service for eight servicemen
A patrol of men from the Signals Platoon, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), about to leave the Signal Platoon lines. The patrol lead by the Officer Commanding the Signals Plato
