The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-15. Wearing ponchos and with the brims of their hats turned down, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) (right), huddle under an embankment to shelter from the heavy rain of a typhoon. A jeep is parked on the road at left, with Bren gun carrier no. 3868 behind it. The soldiers are taking part in Exercise Bolero at Haramura, BCOF's main field training centre, in preparation for 3RAR's imminent move to Korea. (Donor I. Robertson)
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-15. Heavy rain from a typhoon pelts down on men and vehicles of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), spread along a country road. A jeep ma
Haramura, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-08-05. Informal outdoors portrait of an unidentified member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), leaning on the bonnet of a jeep. The soldier is
Haramura, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-08-03. Members of C Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), unload equipment from trailers on their arrival at Haramura, BCOF's main field tr
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-13. A member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), allows a Japanese peasant woman to pass on a country road. The woman, smiling broadly,
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-13. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), use branches broken off trees and bushes to camouflage a Chevrolet 'Blitz' truck. The s
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
