The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
One of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), mortar platoon carriers (number 891) strikes trouble in soft ground. Two unidentified soldiers (right) shorten the carrier's track to give a stronger purchase in the heavy going North Korean terrain, while two other soldiers watch. The soldier second from the left is possibly Aboriginal. Note the rifles lying on the ground.
One of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), mortar platoon carriers (number 891) strikes trouble in soft ground. Two unidentified soldiers (right) shorten the carrier's track to gi
Two unidentified members of a mortar platoon of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), prepare shells to be loaded into the mortar they have set up near them, while a third soldier (
Four unidentified members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), prepare their 3 inch mortar for firing into North Korean positions Mortar shells are stacked on the ground ready
Unidentified members of a mortar platoon of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), prepare to fire a mortar which has been set up in a field of harvested hay. On the ground around t
Korea, c. 1950-10. A group of black US Army engineers who had been attacked by North Korean forces peers into the distance as they watch members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3R
Three unidentified members of a mortar platoon of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), turn away as they fire a mortar which has been set up in a field of harvested hay. On the gr
