The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Haramura, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09. Members of the newly-formed Medium Machine Gun Section of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), sit in the long grass behind their .303 Vickers medium machine gun. The soldiers are taking part in a training exercise in preparation for 3RAR's move to Korea from BCOF.
Hiro, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09. Members of the recently-formed Medium Machine Gun Platoon of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), strip, clean and reassemble their .303 Vickers me
Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09. Two members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), drive their Bren gun carrier no. 2696 along a road through a Japanese village. Notwithstanding the ve
Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09. Standing in a dugout overlooking the Japanese countryside, two armourers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), work with a .303 Vickers medium machin
Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09. Spread out along a road between rice paddy fields, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), pause for a rest and a drink during a route march. The
Haramura, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09. Informal outdoor portrait of a member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), standing with a pack on his back and his arms folded across two p
Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09. Sitting in a ditch between a road (not in view) and a rice paddy field, an unidentified member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), enjoys a refreshin
