The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Chipyong-ni area, Korea, 1951-03. Sitting on a grassy embankment, members of the Intelligence or Sniper Section, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), inspect foodstuffs, drinks and messages of goodwill they have taken from boxes of comforts that they have just opened. The comforts, which have just arrived from Australia, include bottles of Melbourne Bitter Ale, a tube of Colgate toothpaste and a tin bearing the Cross and Blackwell label. The soldier at extreme left is Private (Pte) 'Junior' Gillham and the man next to him 3/46514 Pte W.H. Alberts. An artillery shell lies on the ground (right). The soldiers are taking a well-earned break from operations at the IX Corps rest area. Four of them are wearing pile caps. (Donor I. Robertson)
Korea, c. 1950-10. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), break open their field rations for a meal in the Korean countryside. The soldiers are, left to right: 2/2704 Corp
Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-08-04. Members of the Sniper Section, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), striding along a road during their 32 kilometre march from Hiro to BCOF's main fie
Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-08-04. Members of the Sniper Section, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), pause by the side of a road for a rest during their 32 kilometre march from Hiro t
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
Three members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), confer with a North Korean interpreter (left) who is serving with the battalion. The Australian soldiers are (left to right):
North Korea, c. 1950-11. A corporal (left) from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), gives 3/46514 Private W.H. Alberts, a member of the battalion's Sniper Section, a haircut as he
