The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Captain (Capt) Reg Saunders (right), commander of C Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), shakes hands with a member of K Company, 19th Regimental Combat Team (RCT), 6th Republic of Korea (ROK) Infantry Division, which has just arrived on Salmon to relieve 3RAR. A few days after the handover, the ROK troops abandoned the hill when Chinese forces attacked. Capt Saunders was the first Aboriginal serviceman to command a rifle company.
Hill Salmon, Korea, 1951-04-17. Members of C Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), mingle with helmeted soldiers of K Company, 19th Regimental Combat Team (RCT), 6th Republic o
Hill Salmon, Korea, 1951-04-17. Carrying heavy loads on their backs, soldiers (right) of K Company, 19th Regimental Combat Team (RCT), 6th Republic of Korea (ROK) Infantry Division, arrive on Hill Sal
Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas Currie Derrick, VC DCM (right) shakes hands with Lt Reginald Walter Saunders, as they congratulate each other following their successful graduation from the Officer's Cadet Trai
Hill Salmon, Korea, 1951-04-16. Private 'Bluey' Young, C Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), on Salmon which its Chinese defenders have just abandoned. Pte Young is holding a
Portrait of an Aboriginal serviceman, 234 Private (Pte) Walter Christopher (Chris) George Saunders. A native of Warrnambool, Vic, Pte Saunders worked as a groom prior to enlisting on 29 August 1916 wi
Hill Salmon, Korea, 1951-04-17. Members of C Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), relax as they are relieved on Salmon by South Korean troops of the 6th Republic of Korea
