The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-08-04. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), sit among the exposed roots of a tree on a rocky hillside as they listen to a map-reading lesson which the soldier standing at left is conducting. A number of maps are lying on the ground or are in the soldiers' hands. Most of the soldiers are smoking cigarettes. They are at Haramura, BCOF's main field training centre, to take part in Exercise Experimental in preparation for 3RAR's move to Korea. (Donor I. Robertson)
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-08-04. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), relax among the exposed roots of a tree on a rocky hillside during a break in a map-rea
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-08-04. Two members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), squat on the side of a steep hill overlooking the Haramura countryside as they pore
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-08-05. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), sit in the back of a military truck, part of a convoy, during a pause in a road journey
Haramura, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-08-05. Two members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), occupy a dugout from which one of the soldiers has been firing a Bren gun mounted on a t
Haramura, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-08-04. Their helmets camouflaged with foliage, members of the Sniper Section, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), pause for a smoke during Exercis
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-22. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), rest on the side of a road during a route march. The soldiers are drinking mugs of wate
