The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Hiro area, Honshu, Japan, 1950-09. Wearing full kit, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) (left), tramp along a country road during a march to a bivouac. At right, some of their mates are sitting by the roadside as they take a rest. Behind the soldiers is a thatch-roofed Japanese farmhouse with firewood neatly stacked up against its walls. The soldiers are undertaking the march and bivouac as training in preparation for 3RAR's imminent move to Korea. (Donor I. Robertson)
Hiro, Honshu, Japan, 1950-09. Wearing full kit, an unidentified member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), prepares to leave Hiro barracks on a march to a bivouac. The soldier
Hiro area, Honshu, Japan, 1950-09. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), rest on the side of a country road during a march to a bivouac. Behind them are a rice paddy fiel
Hiro area, Honshu, Japan, 1950-09. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), rest on their packs on the side of a mountain road during a march to a bivouac. The soldier at ri
Hiro area, Honshu, Japan, 1950-09. With an Owen gun slung over his shoulder, the silhouetted figure of a member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), tramps through a tunnel duri
Honshu, Japan, 1950-08. Carrying full kit including rifles, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), pause for a rest in shady spot during a route march. The soldiers, most
Honshu, Japan, 1950-08. All wearing helmets, four members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), pause for a rest in the shade of some bushes during a route march. The soldiers ar
