The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
These two members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), having worked on this very rocky section of an A Company trench, which they have nicknamed "the Quarry", enjoy a break and a cigarette. They are, Private (Pte) Doug Cruden of Kalgoorlie, WA, and Pte Phil Mitton of Unley, SA (right), with the pick. 5400371 Pte D T 'Doug' Cruden, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, was killed in action (KIA) in Korea on 11 July 1953.
Private Phil Mitton of Unley, SA (right), wields the pick and Private Doug Cruden of Kalgoorlie, WA, does the shovelling, in A Company's section of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3R
Kim, a Korean houseboy (centre), was the recipient of an oversize cigar and a toast following Christmas dinner at D Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). With him are, left
Three Vietnamese workers take a break to enjoy a rest and a cigarette during the construction of a photographic darkroom in Saigon.
3/10787 Private (Pte) John Govan, (left), and 2/10030 Pte Pat Gaughan right, with a Bren gun at his feet, both from Granville, NSW, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), enjo
When you ask a man in a digger hat where he comes from, you don't expect an answer in broad Scots, 'Ma Hame is in beautiful Queensland'. But if the digger is Private (Pte) Jock Smith, formerly of Toll
Four members of 1 Special Air Service (1 SAS) Company are about to enjoy a jug of beer, probably in the bar of a hotel in Perth. The men are, left to right: Private (Pte) James Lawrence (Jock) Thorbur