The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cooks from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), are working in an outdoor mess at a rest area. Tables, fires, 44 gallon drums, water and stoves have been set up for cooking meals for the cold and hungry troops. Two tents have been erected and supplies stored in them. A supply truck has been backed up to the tents. The valley is blanketed in a thick layer of snow. Meal preparation is a difficult job in the freezing cold of the Korean winter.
Korea, c. 1950-12. At an open air mess parade, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), eat standing up at long makeshift tables on which their mugs and dixies are resting.
Korea, c. 1951-02. On the bank of a small stream or pool, a group of soldiers gathers for warmth around fires burning in three 44-gallon drums which rest on large river stones. The men are variously d
NINTH DIVISION A.I.F. AT A CAMP SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC. COOKS RECEIVE TRAINING. A PACK OVEN MADE UP OF 44 GALLON DRUMS COOKS FOR OVER 500 TROOPS EACH MEAL. WARRANT OFFICER J. G. SEYMOUR-M
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-13. COOKS FROM VARIOUS 6 DIVISION UNITS, ATTENDING A COURSE AT HQ 6 DIVISION, CONDUCTED BY LHQ COOKING AND CATERING SCHOOLS, SEEN ROLLING AND PLACING BREAD ROLLS ON TRA
Darwin area, NT. 11 March 1943. Members of a RAAF Repair and Salvage Unit wash up their eating utensils after a meal, in 44 gallon drums that have been cut in half.
Unidentified members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), gather around as a meal is served up at a hillside camp in Korea. Some soldiers have begun eating their meals from the
