The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Kure, Japan, 1950-09-27. Wearing a poncho as he stands in the rain at Kure docks, 3/169 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Floyd Stanley Walsh, the former Commanding Officer (CO) of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), bids farewell to battalion members on board the United States troopship Aiken Victory (not in view) which is about to transport 3RAR to Pusan and the war in Korea. Behind Lt Col Walsh, other 3RAR soldiers mount the gangplank to board the ship. Lt Col Walsh had been replaced as CO of 3RAR only a fortnight before the battalion's departure for Korea. (Donor I. Robertson)
Kure, Japan, 1950-09-27. On a rainy day at Kure docks, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), mount the gangplank to board the United States Navy troopship Aiken Victory w
Kure, Japan, 1950-09-27. The United States Navy troopship Aiken Victory shortly before its departure from Kure docks, carrying the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), to Pusan and the
Kure, Japan, 1950-09-27. On a rainy day at Kure docks, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), board the United States Navy troopship Aiken Victory bound for Pusan and the
Kure, Japan, 1950-09-27. From the deck (left) of the United States Navy troopship Aiken Victory, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), look out over the Kure dockyards wh
Kure, Japan, 1950-09-27. Sheltering under umbrellas in the rain, Japanese women stand forlornly alone or in small groups as the United States Navy troopship Aiken Victory (not in view) draws away from
Kure, Japan, 1950-09-27. Sheltering under umbrellas in the rain, Japanese women stand forlornly alone or in small groups as the United States Navy troopship Aiken Victory (not in view) draws away from
