The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA. 1942. FOUR MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT TO THE BRITISH MILITARY MISSION 204. NOTE THE RUGGED TERRAIN OF THE BURMA ROAD IN THE BACKGROUND AND THE DUSTY, UNKEMPT CLOTHES OF THE SOLDIERS. LEFT TO RIGHT: JOHN LEAKE, GEORGE CARR, RON CROTON, MAURIE KIMBELL. (DONOR M. KIMBELL)
KWEICHOW, CHINA. 1942. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT TO THE BRITISH MILITARY MISSION 204 TEST THE ICE ON A FROZEN PADDY FIELD. LEFT TO RIGHT: RON CROTON, JACK MERCHANT, GEORGE ARCHER, JOHN LEAK
Burma Road, Yunnan Province, China, 1942-01. Major David C. MacDougal, a member of the Australian contingent of British Military Mission 204 to China, eating a rough meal from a mess-tin (dixie). Majo
YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA. 1942-02. A CONVOY OF TRUCKS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT TO THE BRITISH MILITARY MISSION 204 WAITS TO CROSS THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE ACROSS THE SALWEEN GORGE BEFORE CLIMBING UP
An informal group portrait of 2/19th Battalion members of Mission 204 (Tulip Force) who were selected to command and train Chinese Battalions. Identified from left to right, back row: NX56199 Corporal
YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA. 1942-02. ROY PEELER, AN AUSTRALIAN MEMBER OF THE BRITISH MILITARY MISSION 204, DRIVES THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN TRUCK ACROSS THE SALWEEN SUSPENSION BRIDGE. THIS BRIDGE TAKES THE BUR
Yunnan Province, China, 1942-01. Chinese street vendors and their customers line the roadside in a village along the Burma Road. The members of British Military Mission 204 made a brief stop at the vi
