The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 vehicle's name, it is armed with a Vickers machine gun which is pointing out from its front. Another Bren gun carrier is following at right. The soldiers and vehicles are returning to Hiro after taking part in a training exercise at Haramura in preparation for 3RAR's move to Korea from BCOF.
Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), make preparations to drag Bren gun carrier no. 4257 back onto a road after it ran off the edge into a pad
Hiro, Honshu, Japan. c. 1950-09. Members of the Machine Gun Platoon, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), load equipment aboard Bren gun carrier no. 2696 prior to setting out on a trai
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
Haramura area, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09-15. Heavy rain from a typhoon pelts down on men and vehicles of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), spread along a country road. A jeep ma
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
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
