The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of Private (Pte) Andy Arnold of Southport, Qld, a member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), smoking a cigarette as he waits in a trench for the word to move out on a night patrol. Arnold is wearing a sweat rag hat, armoured vest, has his face blackened and is carrying a Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) 303 rifle. Head gear is optional on these night patrols and anything may be worn except the steel helmets which are considered too noisy.
Enjoying a cigarette are four members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), waiting in a trench for the word to move out on a night patrol. Note that they are all wearing head ge
Four members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), waiting in a trench for the word to move out on a night patrol. Note that they are all wearing head gear, armoured vests and ha
Unidentified men from B Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), moving along a trench to the starting point awaiting for the order to move off on patrol. Steel helmets were consi
Informal portrait of Private (Pte) Dick Gray of St Peters, NSW, smoking a cigarette, wearing an armoured vest, a sweat rag cap and grease paint and carrying his Owen gun. Pte Gray is a member of the 3
Private Len Murdoch of Toowoomba, Qld (left), wearing a sweat rag cap and an armoured vest, has his face blackened for a night patrol by his friend Private Fred Goodare of Bankstown, NSW. Both are mem
Informal portrait of Private Ron Rorich of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), and Cape Town, South Africa, enjoying a cigarette before he goes up on The Hook. Note that he is wea
