The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified members of a patrol from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), stop outside a rural house with a thatched roof, at the base of a small hill. Some of the soldiers belong to a Machine Gun Platoon and have set up a tripod (right) for a machine gun. A gunner (second from right) leans on the barrel of a Vickers Machine Gun, while other soldiers hold on to their rifles and scan the surrounding area. Ammunition boxes and a pick have been placed on the ground where the men are standing.
Probably LEIGHTERTON, ENGLAND. C. 1918. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (PROBABLY NO. 8 TRAINING SQUADRON) TRAINING WITH MACHINE GUNS. THE GUNS ARE A LEWIS MK 1 LIGHT MACHINE GUN MOUNTED ON A V
Two unidentified soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), sit in a dugout on top of a hill and scan the surrounding area. They have their Lee Enfield rifles ready to f
Two unidentified soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), sit in a dugout on a rise near a rural village and scan the surrounding area. They have their Lee Enfield rif
Korea, c. 1950-12. In a snow-covered landscape, three members of the Machine Gun Section, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), change the breech block of a .303 Vickers medium machine
Four unidentified members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), stop their Bren gun carrier (2395) to have a meal and a rest, during 3RAR's journey north, early in the Korean War
North Korea, c. 1950-11. Members of the Machine Gun Section, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), make their way along the edge of a paddy field as they form part of a long line of 3RA
