The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Hill 355 area, Korea, 1952-04. View of 'Jive Ridge' from the position occupied by D Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), on 'Cemetery Ridge'. Defended by the battalion's 2 and 3 Platoons, 'Jive Ridge' was a low ridge that ran between 'Cemetery Ridge' and the dominating feature known as Hill 227 ('Fanny Hill'). At left is part of 'Mine Valley', so named because it was heavily sown with land mines. Some military vehicles associated with a 3RAR camp, possibly that of 'A' Company, are visible in the background (left). The names for the ridges, hills and valley were colloquial terms or nicknames bestowed on them by the soldiers.
Hill 355 area, Korea, 1952-04. Warrant Officer Mick Dent, the Company Sergeant Major (CSM) of 'A' Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), stands near the sandbagged company Comma
Hill 355 area, Korea, 1952-04. Lance Corporal 'Darky' Poynton, a member of 'A' Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), stands beside a sign that warns: 'Under enemy observation n
Hill 355 area, Korea, 1952-03-16. Members of 'A' Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), watch as C Company's positions are shelled by Communist Chinese artillery. Left to right:
Hill 355 area, Korea, 1952-04. The approach to a low ridge, familiarly known as Cemetery Ridge, that ran in front of the dominating features known as Hill 227 ('Fanny Hill') and Hill 355 ('Little Gibr
Hill 355 area, Korea, 1952-03. Members of 'A' Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), wait in line to attend a church service at the Company Aid Post which consists of a simple t
Hill 355 area, Korea, 1952-04. The bath house for 'A' Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), on the reverse or southern slope of 'Cemetery Ridge'. The bath house consists of a l
