The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sea of Japan, 1950-09-28. Several members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), pass the time on the deck of the United States troopship Aiken Victory which is transporting the battalion from Kure in Japan to Pusan and the war in Korea. The soldiers are (left to right): Corporal Max Copeland, Regimental Police; Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Johnny Silk, B Company; unknown; Private 'Junior' Ellis, Intelligence Section, who is holding a Bren gun wrapped in a protective cover; 2/1089 L/Cpl P.N. (Noel) Ellem, Intelligence Section, who is holding what may be an Owen gun. L/Cpl Ellem is also smoking a cigarette. (Donor I. Robertson)
Sea of Japan, 1950-09-28. Four members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), relax on top of a trailer on the deck of the United States troopship Aiken Victory which is transport
Sea of Japan, 1950-09-28. Members of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), sit and relax in the sun on the deck of the United States troopship Aiken Victory which is transporting the ba
51955 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) D P Scally, of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), who took third place in the junior section of a recent NCO school conducted by 25 Canadian Infantry
Sea of Japan, 1950-09-28. Several members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), lean on the deckrail of the United States troopship Aiken Victory which is transporting the battal
Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Roy Weir, of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), who was runner up to first place in the junior section of a recent NCO school conducted by 25 Canadian Infa
Sea of Japan, 1950-09-28. Members of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), relax on the deck of the United States troopship Aiken Victory which is transporting the battalion from Kure i
