The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An instructor at the joint RAAF and Army Parachute Training Wing of the RAAF School of Land / Air Warfare waits on the ground as trainees descend towards the Drop Zone (DZ) in what is probably their first parachute jump. The parachutes of some trainees who have already landed lie in the foreground. The trainees are undertaking the basic parachute training course at the school which is located at RAAF Base Williamtown. Those who pass the course will be posted to 1 Special Air Service (1 SAS) Company which has just been raised in Western Australia.
After what was probably his first parachute jump, a trainee at the joint RAAF and Army Parachute Training Wing of the RAAF School of Land / Air Warfare gathers up his parachute on the ground in the Dr
Trainees at the joint RAAF and Army Parachute Training Wing of the RAAF School of Land / Air Warfare line up to board a RAAF Douglas DC-3 Dakota aircraft at RAAF Base Williamtown for their first parac
Instructors at the joint RAAF and Army Parachute Training Wing of the RAAF School of Land / Air Warfare carry out a final check of the equipment of trainees before they board an aircraft for their fir
Wearing helmets and carrying parachute packs on their backs, trainees at the joint RAAF and Army Parachute Training Wing of the RAAF School of Land / Air Warfare troop in single file past buildings at
Three instructors at the joint RAAF and Army Parachute Training Wing of the RAAF School of Land / Air Warfare, together with a man in civilian clothing (background, centre), watch from the ground in t
Supervised by instructors at RAAF Base Williamtown, students of the basic parachute training course at the joint RAAF and Army Parachute Training Wing of the RAAF School of Land / Air Warfare leap fro