The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A reading room in a club in Japan, set up for United Nations forces in the Korean War. Comfortable chairs have been set up for readers, and shelves contain a variety of reading matter. The magazines include Post, Time, Cosmopolitan, Walkabout (an Australian magazine), Saturday Night and Le Samedi (a French or Canadian magazine). The upper shelves of books have the labels Mystery, Western, Fiction, French and Readers Digest.
Unidentified patients enjoy catching up with their reading in a library room of the British Commonwealth General Hospital at Kure, Japan. With peace and quiet in plenty, armchairs and lots of books, n
Korea. The Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) W Ryan of Queen Street, St Marys, NSW, and Sergeant Don Nurcombe of Alexandria, NSW, sort out a trailer load of cases of books, magazines and newspapers whi
At sea off Japan.1954. 77 Squadron RAAF ground crew reading books, magazines and newspapers during a flight between Iwakuni and Kure. The men are possibly going on leave and have their personal baggag
Unidentified infantrymen of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), have made a temporary camp in an abandoned rural village in Korea. Some soldiers are sitting on the verandah of a h
Haramura, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-08-05. A group of soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), relax on a set of steps outside a barracks building at Haramura, BCOF's main f
Unidentified soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), gather around as the very welcome mail is sorted and handed out. Some have begin reading their letters from home.
