The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Men from 9 Platoon, C Company (D Coy), 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), attending a platoon muster after returning to the C Coy forward base from an extended Claret (cross border) patrol. A lot of the men are wearing thongs to allow their feet to dry out. During a patrol, soldiers feet are constantly wet and tinea and other skin infections are common. Identified (standing left to right) are 29833 Sergeant Michael Weir Barrett allocating duties, who served as a Private with 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), during the Malayan Emergency from 1959-1960 and later in South Vietnam with the 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit (1ARU) in 1968 and again with 1RAR from 1968-1969; 5411229 Corporal Douglas Walter Farmer, who later served in South Vietnam with 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR) from 1968-1970; 4410450 Private Rick R Anderson, who served with 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), in Borneo in 1965. Pte Anderson also won the Military Medal for bravery on 16 May 1967.
A chance encounter between a patrolling group of Australian soldiers from 9 Platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), who have met up with two civilian clothed border sc
Portrait of 57068 Lieutenant (Lt) (Later Brigadier) Rodney Gerald Curtis, Officer Commanding 9 Platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), preparing a 24 hour patrol progr
Group portrait of men from 9 Platoon (9 Pl), C Company (C Coy), 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), on Operation Claret. Identified from left are British Lieutenant (Lieut), Brian Wi
Portrait of the Platoon Commander and Non Commissioned Officers of 9 Platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) at the forward Company base at Bokah, Sarawak. Back row fro
A group portrait of some unidentified Australian soldiers from 9 Platoon (9 Pl), C Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), sighting their weapons in at the Bokah rifle range prio
Portrait of Signaller 18276 Private (Pte) John Frederick Young, 9 Platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), adjusting his American made AN/PRC-10 wireless set whilst und
