The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. July 1951. Prior to taking off from an airfield somewhere in Korea to take over his new command, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) F. G. Hassett OBE (left) chats with Major General A. J. H. Cassels CBE CBE DSO General Officer Commanding (GOC) Commonwealth Division, United Nations Forces in Korea. Lt Col Hassett has had a distinguished record as a soldier. He was a Lieutenant Colonel at 23 years of age in World War II, and received his OBE for his services. He gained the DSO for his handling of 3RAR in recent battles against the Communists Forces. In the background is a Douglas C47 Dakota RAAF transport plane.
Korea. July 1951. Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Frank Hassett DSO OBE (centre), who has recently taken over command of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), sitting in a jeep. Lt Col
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) W Bridgeford CB CBE MC, Commander in Chief, British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) meets with officers from United Nations forces during a tour of a camp in Korea. The g
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) W Bridgeford CB CBE MC, Commander in Chief, British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) meets with officers from United Nations forces during a tour of a camp in Korea. The g
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) W Bridgeford CB CBE MC, Commander in Chief, British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) meets with officers from United Nations forces during a tour of a camp in Korea. The g
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) W Bridgeford CB CBE MC, Commander in Chief, British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK), sitting in the passenger seat of jeep, is farewelled from a camp in Korea by Lieutenan
General (Gen) James Van Fleet, Commanding General of the 8th US Army, inspects troops of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), in their lines before bestowing the US Presidential Di
