The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Kure, Japan, 1950-09-27. At Kure docks, a crane lifts a 17-pounder anti-tank gun belonging to the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), aboard the United States Navy troopship Aiken Victory. Beneath the artillery piece, a Bren gun carrier stands ready to be hoisted aboard the ship, while Japanese wharf labourers wait near it to help with the loading. Other military vehicles are lined up at rear, awaiting their turn to be loaded aboard. The building in the background contains the offices and stores of the Docks Operating Company, and also the BCOF Stationery Stores. The Aiken Victory is about to transport 3RAR to Pusan and the war in Korea. (Donor I. Robertson)
Japanese wharf labourers work on loading a 17-pounder anti-tank gun onto the deck of the US troopship Aiken Victory, docked at Kure harbour. A crane is swinging the gun from the wharf over to the shi
At Kure docks, military vehicles including trucks, jeeps and trailers, are lined up awaiting their turn to be loaded aboard the United States Navy troopship Aiken Victory. The building in the backgro
At Kure docks, military vehicles including trucks, jeeps and trailers, are lined up awaiting their turn to be loaded aboard the United States Navy troopship Aiken Victory. The building in the backgro
Two 17-pounder anti-tank guns belonging to the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) have been loaded on to the deck of the US troopship Aiken Victory at the Kure docks. An unidentifie
Kure, Japan, 1950-09-27. A crane lifts a 3-ton 6x6 truck belonging to the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), aboard the United States Navy troopship Aiken Victory at Kure docks. The
Kure, Japan, 1950-09-27. A crane lifts a 3-ton 6x6 truck belonging to the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), aboard the United States Navy troopship Aiken Victory at Kure docks. The
