The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. c 1950. Unidentified members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), enjoy the sunshine and a few bottles of Japanese Asahi lager beer outside a rural cottage. 3RAR are enjoying a break from fighting and have set up a temporary camp in an abandoned village. Identified are: Private (Pte) R K Land of Belmore, NSW, and Pte W J Portener of Randwick, NSW. Sitting in the background, reading a newspaper is Lance Corporal J H Jones of Ballarat, Vic. A korean head chest, for storing futons and blankets rests against the rear wall.
Korea. 25 December 1952. Informal portrait of three members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), enjoying bottles of Naafi Asahi beer in the sun outside their hutchi. They are:
Two unidentified members of the 16th New Zealand Field Artillery Regiment sit in the sun on their 25 pounder gun and enjoy an Asahi lager beer. Behind them in the distance are snow covered mountains.
Two unidentified soldiers, probably members of the 1st Battalion,The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), enjoy a break, but still hold on to their Owen guns, at a hillside camp in Korea. The soldier on
Korea, c. 1951-01. As they crouch in the snow, two members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), drink bottles of Asahi beer. Both soldiers are wearing pile caps to keep their he
Korea. July 1952. Five unidentified members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), resting outside the sandbagged 8 Platoon command Post (8PL CP). The men are enjoying bottles
FUKA, EGYPT. 1940-12. MEMBERS OF 2/2ND FIELD WORKSHOP ENJOY A SEVEN COURSE CHRISTMAS DINNER WITH A FREE BOTTLE OF ABBOTTS LAGER BEER EACH. THE TABLES WERE SET UP OUTDOORS AND WAITED ON BY THE COMPANY
