The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two unidentified members of a mortar platoon of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), unpack and fuse shells ready to to be loaded into the mortar they have set up near them. A stack of mortar shell cases are on the ground near the men. Behind them a soldier (right) is working in Universal carrier (Bren gun carrier) 2310. Another two soldiers are moving between carriers 2310 and 1818. Note the Penguin Book in the jacket pocket of the crouching, smoking soldier (right).
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 (
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
BEING TURNED OUT IN A NUMBER OF AUSTRALIAN WORKSHOPS IS THE ARMOURED, UNIVERSAL GUN CARRIER, AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE BREN GUN CARRIER THAT SUPERSEDED THE ARMOURED CAR. THE UNIVERSAL GUN CARRIER CAN MOUN
Two unidentified members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), perform cleaning and maintenance tasks on a mortar during a break from fighting. Three other soldiers have gathere
Korea. c. 1951. Mortars are being used with pin point accuracy and devastating effect by United Nations Forces in the Korean campaign. This Australian team of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian R
Personnel of 1 Australian Brigade Group (Northern Territory Force) Ordnance Workshops checking over a Universal or Bren gun carrier after repair. The workshops repaired motor vehicles, guns, tanks and
