The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 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. His predecessor, Lt Col I. B. Ferguson, also gained the DSO for his services in Korea. Shown here with Lt Col Hassett are, left to right: Captain Max McCracken (back to camera); Lt Col L. G. Coleman, Assistant Adjutant General of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), Japan.
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. Hasse
Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Frank Hassett (right), the newly arrived commander of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) walks across a tarmac at an airfield in Korea. He is talking
Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Frank Hassett (right), the newly arrived commander of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) (front, right), talks to a group of unidentified officers at a
North Korea, 1950-11. 2/37507 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Ian Bruce Ferguson (right), Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), talks with two US Army officers nea
Korea. 1952-04-11. The camouflaged caravan of the Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel F. G. Hassett DSO OBE, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR).
Korea. c June 1951. On his way back to Australia to take up command of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), between his old Command Post (CP) and Brigade Headquarters, Lieutenant C
