The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two unidentified men of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) (rear) standing outside their their A-framed tents. The serviceman with the bare head is probably Sergeant (Sgt) M Morris. Their battalion was taking part in amphibious landing training exercises on an uninhabited island in the Inland Sea. After unloading their stores they climbed to the top of a scrubby ridge established their temporary home and prepared their equipment for the next day's exercises. Note that each two-man tent is constructed from a ground sheet supported by locally recovered pine poles. A layer of cut bracken fern has been laid on the floor of the one on the right and its occupant has cleverly blocked ground level breezes and blown sand with a barrier of cut brush.
Two unidentified officers of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) (rear) sitting on the ground resting after erecting their A-framed tents. Their battalion was taking part in amphibiou
Unidentified members of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) (rear) standing around talking after erecting their A-framed tents. Their battalion was taking part in amphibious landing t
Two unidentified men of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) (rear) standing outside their their A-framed tents. Their battalion was taking part in amphibious landing training exercis
Two unidentified men of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) cleaning their weapons outside their A-framed tent. Their battalion was taking part in amphibious landing training exercise
Two unidentified members of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) stripping down and cleaning a .303 Bren light machine gun. Their battalion was taking part in amphibious landing trainin
Two unidentified members of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) levelling the ground surrounding their two-man tents. Their battalion was taking part in amphibious landing training exer
