The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two unidentified members of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) having a rest after a cooked meal. Note their mess kit on the top of the table shaped rock and the cliff face in the background. The battalion was taking part in amphibious training exercises on an uninhabited island in the Inland Sea. Note the roman numerals LXVII (67) shoulder patch on the sergeant at right. 3RAR had only recently been renamed and reformed from the 67th Battalion AIF and many men still wore the latter insignia.
Unidentified members of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) having their cooked evening meal on the beach of an uninhabited island in the inland sea. The battalion was taking part in am
Unidentified members of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) having their cooked evening meal on the beach of an uninhabited island in the inland sea. The battalion was taking part in am
Unidentified members of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) having their cooked evening meal on the beach of an uninhabited island in the inland sea. The battalion was taking part in am
Unidentified members of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) lined up for their cooked evening meal on the beach of an uninhabited island in the inland sea. The battalion was taking par
Unidentified members of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) having their cooked evening meal on the beach of an uninhabited island in the inland sea. The serviceman nearest the camera is
Inland Sea, Japan. October 1949. Uninhabited islands in the Inland Sea make excellent training grounds for amphibious operations. Here troops of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), re
