The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. 1 January 1951. On New Year's Day the 8th Republic of Korea (ROK) Division collapsed and the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), went up to Tokchon to cover their withdrawal.The hills are continuously scanned by vigilant medium machine gun teams. The smallest movement by the Communists in the hills is discouraged by a burst of bullets. This Australian team with tell tale empty cases on the ground, is ready for further instant action. Note the man at left scanning the distant hills with binoculars and the forward post dug in slightly forward and to the right. The weapon's range of 4,000 meters would have placed the snow covered fields and low hills well within range.
South Korea. 1 January 1951. New Year's Day 1951, the 8th Republic of Korea (ROK) Division collapsed and the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), went up to Tokchon to cover their with
Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Frank Hassett (second from left), the newly arrived commander of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) , acclimatises himself to 3RAR's situation in Korea
Korea, c. 1950-12. Two members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), carry a wounded soldier from the Republic of Korea (ROK) Army along a snow-covered track towards a medical ai
Australian troops are now engaged on a mission designed to uproot the Viet Cong from the rugged Long Hai Hills, south of the Task Force base at Nui Dat. An estimated 1000 VC, including cadre members f
As dawn broke over the Imjin River, just north of the 38th Parallel, the men of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, launched an attack across the stream to the accompaniment of machine g
Victoria Cross. Engraved reverse suspender with recipient's details; reverse cross with date of action. William Matthew Currey was born to William Robert and Mary Ellen (nee Lang) Currey on 19 Septe
