The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Wounded and weak through lack of food, twelve US Army soldiers staggered into an Australian position in Korea. They were set free by North Korean or Chinese forces after five days because they were unable to keep pace with the prisoner columns marching north. Seen here is one of the American soldiers (right) being helped by an Australian soldier of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). Note the American soldier's left arm is splinted and in a sling.
Unidentified soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), are assisting US Army soldiers to walk through heavy snow to receive medical attention. Wounded and weak through la
24049 Pte Royden A 'Roy' Ingram (right) from the 1 Platoon, A Company, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), assists US serviceman Staff Sergeant (SSG) Richard Drozdowski, 2nd Reconnaissance Company,
NEW GUINEA. THIS JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR (POW) WAS LEFT BEHIND BY HIS COMRADES TO DIE WHEN THEY EVACUATED THE SANGA RIVER AREA. HE WAS TOO WEAK TO KEEP UP WITH THE RETREATING ARMY. AT REAR HEADQUARTE
New Guinea. This Japanese prisoner of war (POW) was left behind by his comrades when they evacuated the Sanga River area. He was too weak to keep up with the retreating army. At Rear Headquarters food
Korea. c 1951. Ravenous and too weak to do anything about it, American Negro (African American) soldier, James E. Brock of Pennsylvania, USA, is enjoying palatable food for the first time in weeks. Ju
British North Borneo. 25 June 1945. Private Stan Hamilton of Kalgoorlie, WA, with an emaciated Javanese who was brought to Borneo to provide coolie labour. When he became too weak to work owing to lac
