The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of Sergeant (Sgt) Brian Charles Cooper MM, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), of Perth, WA, who won an immediate award of the Military Medal (MM) for his conduct in action fought on the night of 24 July 1953. Sgt Cooper, commander of a medium machine gun section, came under fierce attack by an enemy force of estimated Company strength following a heavy artillery barrage. Leaving sufficient of his gun crews to man the guns covering his primary task of guarding the western approaches to The Hook, he organised the remainder into a separate defensive position. From this position he engaged the enemy with such a volume of grenades and small arms fire that they were unable to penetrate the position despite the overwhelming superiority of numbers. He called down friendly fire so close to his own and neighbouring US positions that he prevented the enemy from pressing home any further organised attacks. Sgt Cooper also continued to pass back information to the Battalion and personally supervised the evacuation of wounded to safety through an area in which the enemy moved and under heavy shellfire. He displayed throughout cool courageous leadership. Here Sgt Cooper holds a Russian PPSh M1941 or ChiCom Type 50 (burp gun) and ammunition pouches he captured during the action.
Australian Active Service Medal (1945-1975) with clasp 'KOREA'. Pantograph engraved on reverse with recipient's details. Brian Charles Cooper was born in East Perth, WA, in August 1933, and was a pa
Australian Service Medal (1945-1975) with clasp 'KOREA'. Pantograph engraved on reverse with recipient's details. Brian Charles Cooper was born in East Perth, WA, in August 1933, and was a painter b
Korea Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Brian Charles Cooper was born in East Perth, WA, in August 1933, and was a painter before enlisting in the Australian Army as an eighteen
Military Medal (EIIR). Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Brian Charles Cooper was born in East Perth, WA, in August 1933, and was a painter before enlisting in the Australian Army as a
United Nations Korea Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Brian Charles Cooper was born in East Perth, WA, in August 1933, and was a painter before enlisting in the Austral
Informal portrait of Sergeant (Sgt) Brian Charles Cooper MM, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), of Perth, WA, who won an immediate award of the Military Medal (MM) for his conduct in
Holding the bottle of Melbourne Bitter beer, part of a gift parcel from the RSL is, Sergeant (Sgt) Brian Charles Cooper MM, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), of Perth, WA (right), w
Private Bill Avery of Dawes Point, NSW, cleans up a Russian PPSh M1941 or ChiCom Type 50 (burp gun) souvenir in the doorway of his hutchi at C Company, the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
Kure, Japan. 1951-01-05. A Russian PPsh M1941 Sub-machine Gun (Burp Gun) captured from the enemy during battle in Korea.
Hiro, Japan, 1950-08. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), take part in a course in enemy weapons identification in preparation for the battalion's imminent move to Kore
Hiro, Japan, 1950-08. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), take part in a course in enemy weapons identification in preparation for the battalion's imminent move to Kore
