The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. c. 13 August 1952. In a dugout, Private R. J. Tippett of East Melbourne, Vic (right), cleans his Owen gun after returning from a night patrol on Hill 75 during Operation Buffalo. The two soldiers sleeping in the bunks are, Private W. E. (Scorchi) Fitzgerald of Leichhardt, NSW (top bunk), and Private N. A. (Happy) Herbertson of Norwood, SA. During Operation Buffalo, 6 Platoon, B Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), suffered twenty seven casualties.
Korea. c. 13 August 1952. Lieutenant L. B. (George) Zwolanski of Melbourne, Vic, who led one of the night patrol on Hill 75 during Operation Buffalo, inspects the Owen gun of Lance Corporal Jack Gill
Korea. c. 13 August 1952. The remaining members of 6 Platoon, B Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), having just returned from a night patrol on Hill 75 during Operation B
Korea. 8 July 1952. Leaving their dugout, Private M. (Toby) O'Brien of Leichhardt, NSW (right); Private Arthur Morris of Terrigal, NSW, and Corporal Frank Galvin of Bondi, NSW, move along the communic
Korea. July 1951. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), clean their weapons after taking part in a fire power demonstration. Private C. Gibson of Leichhardt, NSW (left),
Private Vic (Bluey) Dey of Preston, Vic, strips and cleans his Owen gun in readiness for a 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), night patrol. The stoppage of a weapon when patrolling i
A soldier nicknamed 'Pepi' cleans his rifle while sitting on a canvas camp bed above a sandbagged dugout at Fire Support Base (FSB) Lion during Operation Santa Fe, a multi-brigade search and destroy o
