The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Haramura, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09. Gathered on and around a jeep parked on a narrow dirt track, a group of soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), pauses for a break during a training exercise in preparation for the battalion's move to Korea from BCOF. Two of the soldiers are sitting on the vehicle's bonnet and another two on its bumper bar, while a fifth man leans on the bonnet. The soldier wearing the poncho at left and the man sitting on the bumper bar at right are both smoking cigarettes.
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-21. Three members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), rest on an embankment in the Haramura area, BCOF's main field training centre, du
Haramura, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09. Lying awkwardly across the front seats of a jeep, a member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), takes a nap during a break in a training exe
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-08-04. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), relax among the exposed roots of a tree on a rocky hillside during a break in a map-rea
Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-22. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), pause for a rest during a route march along a country road. Several of the soldiers are smoking cigare
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-22. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), rest on the side of a road during a route march. The soldiers are drinking mugs of wate
Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-08-03. On a narrow country road on the way to Haramura, a convoy of military trucks and jeeps carrying members of C Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3R
