The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. 11 July 1951. Although enjoying a comparative quiet of being in reserve and despite the current cease fire talks, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), are not allowing themselves to be lulled into a sense of false security. Intense training still goes on. Using a stick to aid him, Brigadier Taylor DSO (left), Command Brigade and Lieutenant Colonel F. G. Hassett OBE (right front carrying binoculars), Commanding Officer 3RAR, are seen leaving A Company Headquarters after witnessing a fire power demonstration by that company. They are followed down the hill by four other soldiers.
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
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) W Bridgeford CB CBE MC, Commander in Chief, British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) (right), talks with Lieutenant Colonel F G Hassett DSO, Commander of the 3rd Battalion,
Still standing to, despite a cease fire, are Private Peter C. Couch of Clifton Hill, Vic, with his Bren gun, and Corporal Bill Laws of Kalgoorlie, WA, with his Owen gun. Both are members of C Company,
Korea. July 1951. Major Lukin of Glenunga, SA, Officer Commanding D Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) (left), his face covered with sweat after his return from leading a com
Majon'ni, Korea. 1953-07-30. Troops from "A" Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), rest outside their bunkers following the cease fire.
Still standing to, despite a cease fire, are Private Peter C. Couch of Clifton Hill, Vic, with his Bren gun, and Corporal Bill Laws of Kalgoorlie, WA, with his Owen gun look out towards the enemy line
