The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
There is nothing like a tasty, solid and nutritious meal to a soldier in action, especially when he can have all this and very little weight to carry. Australian troops may soon experience this following an inspection of a new lightweight, 10-man combat ration by the Minister for the Army, Mr Phillip Lynch, at Army Headquarters today. Explaining the finer points of the new ration to Mr Lynch was Defence Food Scientist, Dr R. C. Hutchinson, who developed the new ration at the Army's Food Science Establishment at Scottsdale, Tas. The pack, which weighs 25 lb, half the weight of the pack at present in use, is made up almost completely of dehydrated, compressed blocks of food requiring only water to turn them into a good meal. Mashed potato; Lamb and green peas; Scrambled eggs; Porridge; And bread mix are only some of the food blocks in the pack, which will feed 10 men for a day. The bread mix block, is converted by adding bi-carbonate of soda and water and then steaming. Two packets of rice, which cooks quickly, three blocks of beef and green beans and two blocks of mashed potato will feed 10 men. The chocolate chip desert is certain to be popular with the troops, and certainly is with Mr Lynch.
The Minister for the Army, Mr Andrew Peacock, recently played host to members of the Military Board, senior officers and officials of other departments in a food tasting operation at Army Headquarters
Australian soldiers in South Vietnam are getting the first issues of a new lightweight ration pack for use in the field. The new pack, which weighs less than half (1.25 lbs against 3 lbs) the pack now
Rectangular, green painted ration tin outer with crimped lid and base, containing three separate ration meals. A metal turnkey, similar to those found on sardine tins, is tack-welded to the lid and is
Parachute supply drop of pallet of one man combat ration pack, stencilled “packed on 10 May 1967”. Pilatus PC-6 Porter A14-653 army liaison aircraft lands at bush airfield. Pilatus PC-6 guided by a s
After his five-day Vietnam tour, during which he spent Easter with Australian troops, Army Minister, Mr Phillip Lynch, paid a six-day visit to Singapore and Malaysia. In Singapore, he toured the Nee S
Tin with a hinged lid and impressed striking plate stamped into base. Printed on the lid in green and blue is "BELL'S / WATERPROOF / WAX VESTAS". Inside are approximately 150 wax vesta matches, each a
