The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Imjin River area, Korea, 1951-08-08. The two cars at left have just brought Australia's Minister for External Affairs, The Right Honourable Richard G. Casey, and his advisers to the camp occupied by the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). Casey is the balding figure in civilian clothes in the centre of the group standing next to the jeep. At right, members of 'A' Company assemble with their weapons over their shoulders to hear Casey deliver an impromptu speech. The soldiers had wanted to question the Minister about the progress of armistice negotiations and about their conditions of service, but he gravely disappointed them by lecturing them about RAAF operations against insurgents in Malaya.
Imjin River area, Korea, 1951-08-08. Carrying Owen submachine guns and .303 rifles on their shoulders, members of 'A' Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) (right), gather to li
Imjin River area, Korea, 1951-08-08. The Right Honourable Richard G. Casey (centre), Australia's Minister for External Affairs, delivers an impromptu speech to the assembled members of 'A' Company, 3r
Two unidentified Australian officers escort the Australian Minister for External Affairs, the Right Honorable Richard Gardiner Casey (right) and his advisors, from the cars that have brought them to w
KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1951-08. THE MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, MR. CASEY, BEING SHOWN THE COCKPIT OF A METEOR AIRCRAFT BY SQUADRON LEADER R.C. CRESSWELL DURING A VISIT TO NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF.
TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-08-10. MEMBERS OF 2/48TH INFANTRY BATTALION ASSEMBLED TO HEAR THE FAREWELL SPEECH OF THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COLONEL R.I. AINSLIE, BEFORE HE LEAVES FOR AUSTRALIA.
On his arrival for a visit to the United States, the Right Honourable R G Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (seated centre) spoke to leading American newspapermen at the La Guardia Marine Terminal.
