The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. Sergeant C. T. Mitchell of Chermside, Qld (blackened face), is seated alongside a bare-chested mud-splattered Gunner W. K. Camin of Balranald, NSW, who is driving the motor vehicle. From black sticky mud to fine black dust in a couple of days hot sunshine, was the experience of troops pursuing the Japanese in the Dallman River area. Under these conditions it is not very comfortable riding in Jeeps, though these troops prefer it to marching.
NEW GUINEA. WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE DRY SEASON SOME OF THE ROADS IN NEW GUINEA HAVE BECOME AS DUSTY AS ANY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BAD THOUGH THE DUST IS, THE AUSTRALIANS PREFER IT TO THE RAIN AND MUD O
Vietnam. 1967-05. Vehicles being used by Australians have to be kept in top shape to stop premature breakdown caused by the fine red dust in the dry period and the sticky mud in the wet period, both o
As summer gets under way in Korea, the troops of 28 British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade are taking time off from training and working on their Kansas defence line positions to prepare for the 1st Co
As summer gets under way in Korea, the troops of 28 British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade are taking time off from training and working on their Kansas defence line positions to prepare for the 1st Co
As summer gets under way in Korea, the troops of 28 British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade are taking time off from training and working on their Kansas defence line positions to prepare for the 1st Co
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967. The biggest king cobra killed by Australian troops is the claim of these men of the 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit. The snake was caught and killed in a running night battle
