The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-21. Holding a wash-bowl in his hand, a bare-bottomed member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), is caught with his pants down outside his tent, as he has a 'quick APC' (wash of his armpits and crutch) in the morning. Another soldier is getting dressed inside the tent. Some branches broken from trees and bushes rest on top of the tent as camouflage. The soldiers are at Haramura, BCOF's main field training centre, taking part in a final series of exercises before 3RAR's departure for Korea. (Donor I. Robertson)
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-21. At a bivouac in the countryside, two members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), sit on the ground outside their tent, while anothe
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 area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-22. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), rest in the shade of some bushes by the side of a road during a break in a route march.
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-21. Informal outdoors portrait of an unidentified member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). The soldier is at Haramura, BCOF's main fi
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-22. Wearing earphones, a radio operator from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), listens for messages on his radio set (not in view), the
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-22. Carrying full kit, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), march in single file along a country road and across a wooden bridge
