The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Korean porters have been recruited to carry rations for Australians holding positions in hilly terrain in Central Korea. Here, lines of Koreans with cardboard ration boxes strapped to their backs, walk down a hillside through patches of snow.
Korea. December 1950. Reminiscent of the native porter trains in the New Guinea jungle country are these tough South Korean porters who were recruited to carry rations for Australians holding position
Supplies must follow close on the heels of an advancing army and in the Korea War the Korean carrier is playing an important role. This line of carriers, possibly members of a Korean Service Corps, i
A patrol of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), has come across abandoned Chinese or North Korean bunkers, cut into a hillside. They are well camouflaged by the pine trees growi
Korea. December 1950. South Koreans were recruited for a portage party carrying rations to isolated spots held by Australian troops of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). Here one of
Korea, c. 1951-02. Some Korean boys and two soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), stand amidst piles of ration boxes in a ramshackle Korean town. The boxes are standin
Korea, c. 1951-03. Wearing a pile cap, scarf and windproof jacket, a member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), leads a line of porters from the Republic of Korea (ROK) Service
