The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The merchant ship Changsha has arrived at Kure with Mustangs for the RAAF in Japan, and stores for the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). Their escort duty completed, unidentified reinforcements for 3RAR wait on the wharf before going to their new unit. The officer on the far left has been identified as 48000 Major A F P Lukyn.
The dagger has a double edged spear point blade made from high carbon content steel. The blade has the original edge and has not been sharpened. The hilt has a tang which has brass, aluminium and lac
Nippon Kogaku Orion 6 x 24 magnification black-painted Japanese military issue field glasses / service binoculars of Porro prism design. The plastic eye pieces are individually tuned to achieve focus
A handmade wooden cigarette box with a separate lid. The top of the lid is carved with an emblem of 67 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment which is 67 mm high and 55 mm wide. The carving is of the n
The Changsha has arrived at Kure with Mustangs for the RAAF in Japan, and stores for the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). Their escort duty completed, reinforcements for 3RAR are m
The SS Changsha arriving at Kure with Mustangs for number 77 Squadron RAAF in Japan and trucks and stores for the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). An unidentified Australian, possi
Kure, Japan. The SS Changsha arriving at Kure with Mustang fighter aircraft for 77 Squadron RAAF and trucks and stores for the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR).
Senior personnel from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) were photographed at Battalion Headquarters during operations in the Korean conflict, possibly at the time of the Battle o
A group of reinforcements for the Special Force in Korea arrive at Kure, Japan, on Friday, November 1950. Unidentified soldiers wait on the deck of the ship as it docks at Kure wharf.
Kure, Japan, 1950-09-27. At Kure docks, a crane lifts a 17-pounder anti-tank gun belonging to the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), aboard the United States Navy troopship Aiken Vic
