The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Chipyong-ni area, Korea, 1951-03. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), queue up at a mess parade at the IX Corps rest area where the battalion is taking a well-earned break from operations. At centre, a cook is ladling out soup or stew from a large dixie into the smaller dixies from which soldiers eat. The soldier with the mug in his hand (left) is 2/45200 Staff Sergeant Vince Bennett. Hanging up behind his head is an empty shellcase that is serving as a dinner gong. Several of the soldiers are wearing pile caps and windproof jackets. (Donor I. Robertson)
Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09. At a mess parade at a camp or bivouac in the countryside, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), queue up with dixies and mugs in hand to receiv
Chipyong-ni area, Korea, 1951-03. Wearing a turban and a windproof jacket, a bearded Indian soldier from the 60th Indian Field Ambulance stands in front of a Red Cross flag and the flag of India flyin
Chipyong-ni area, Korea, 1951-03. A bugler from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), blows reveille at the IX Corps rest area where the battalion is taking a well-earned break from
Korea, 1950-10. Lieutenant General Sir Richard Gale KBE MC DSO, the British Army's Director of Military Training, making an official visit of inspection to the camp occupied by the 3rd Battalion, The
Korea, c. 1950-12. At an open air mess parade, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), eat standing up at a long makeshift table on which their mugs and dixies are resting.
Korea, c. 1950-12. At an open air mess parade, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), eat standing up at long makeshift tables on which their mugs and dixies are resting.
