The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea, c. 1950-10. With his Owen submachine gun slung over his shoulder, a sergeant from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), helps a pony hauling a heavily-laden cart or wagon up a steeply sloping track from a riverbed. The soldier, who may be Sergeant 'Obie' O'Brien, is leading the pony by a rope bridle while, with his other hand, he steadies a small load on the animal's back. The horse and cart belong to Korean peasants who are returning to their farms after the repulse of North Korean forces by the allies in their breakout from the Pusan perimeter. In the background, tents, jeeps and trucks mark the site of 3RAR's camp. (Donor I. Robertson)
Korea, c. 1950-10. As a huge US Army truck looms up on the road behind him, a Korean refugee boy steadies his pony which is pulling a cart or wagon laden with household goods. The boy is returning hom
Korea, c. 1950-10. A pony hitched to a cart or wagon laden with household goods stands on a dirt road in a Korean village. The pony and cart probably belong to the family group on the side of the road
Korea, c. 1950-10. Disdaining to use the modern bridge in the background, Korean refugees drag a horse and cart (or wagon) across a shallow stream as they return home to their farms after the repulse
Korea, c. 1950-10. An old Korean peasant (left) uses a staff for support as he plods across a shallow stream carrying an enormous load of brushwood on his back. He may have collected the material for
Korea, c. 1950-10. The dead body of a North Korean soldier lies frozen in an attitude of death near the wreckage of some military vehicles. At rear, four members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Austra
A US Army M26A1 12 ton 6x6 tractor (unarmoured tank recovery vehicle and transporter) towing a damaged M26 General Pershing tank across a shallow stream. The tank was damaged during the allied forces'
