The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
216747 Captain John Edgar Tick, Officer Commanding 2 Troop, 1 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), holds up a United States aid package found in a captured enemy bunker system behind him. The system was probably captured by soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), during Operation Overlord.
Members of the Pioneer Platoon, 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), examine an enemy bunker system that their battalion has assaulted and captured during Operation Overlord. Among the g
An unidentified Australian soldier examines part of an enemy camp and bunker system that was assaulted and captured by the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), during Operation Overlor
A satchel charge, other explosive devices and detonating cords have been stacked up against a tree and had C4 slab charges attached to them in preparation for their being blown up by sappers of 2 Fiel
An unidentified sapper from 2 Field Troop, 1 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), carefully prods and probes the ground around an anti-personnel mine in the jungle, while another sapper l
Soldiers of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), assaulted and captured this typical enemy bunker during Operation Overlord. Made of timber and earth, the bunker was part of a large and
Holding his 5.56 mm M16A1 automatic rifle, 216747 Captain John Edgar Tick, Officer Commanding 2 Troop, 1 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), stands in front of an M113A1 Armoured Personn
