The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Hill Sardine or Salmon, Korea, 1951-04. A solidly-constructed dugout used by Communist Chinese troops is sited in a well-camouflaged position among trees and rocks on the side of a hill. The dugout is roofed with logs and has walls made of rocks, hay and matting, while hay strewn over its roof provides concealment. The dugout was discovered when soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), attacked and captured the hill. A shoe lost by a Chinese soldier lies on the ground at right. (Donor I. Robertson)
Korea, c. 1951-02. A dugout probably used by Communist Chinese troops is well camouflaged under a mound of earth and the spindly branches of a low tree or vine. A thin cover of snow lies on the ground
Korea, c. 1950-12. With a thick blanket of matting on its back to keep it warm, a cow stands tethered to a post in a Korean village. Behind the animal is a barn with a snow-covered roof of thatch from
TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-08-01. THE LABORATORY AND FILTERED WATER TANKS AT THE TARAKAN WATER WORKS. IT WAS BUILT IN 1938 OF SOLIDLY CONSTRUCTED CONCRETE AND THE ROOF IS COVERED WITH EARTH AND GRASS. THE W
Hill Sardine, Korea, 1951-04-16. The dead bodies of two Chinese soldiers lie sprawled on the ground after the successful attack on Hill Sardine by 'A' Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regi
Two unidentified soldiers, probably from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), share a biscuit during a break outside their dugout in Korea. The roof of the dugout is made from a
Hill Sardine, Korea, 1951-04-15. Carrying 'a load like a hawker's dray', 3/400067 Private (Pte) A.D. ('Tony') Lagrutta (or La Grutta), a signaller attached to the Mortar Platoon, 3rd Battalion, The Ro
