The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. c. August 1952. After an unsuccessful rescue attempt to save a fighting patrol trapped on the enemy side of the rain swollen Samichon River, these soldiers of B Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), discuss ways and means of another attempt. Pictured, left to right: Private (Pte) R. H. Keeble of Mildura, Vic; Pte Charlie Maidement of North Melbourne, Vic; Pte Don Kelly of Launceston, Tas; Pte Ian Hardy of Ulverstone, Tas; Pte Charlie Nell of Carlton, Vic, and Pte Dick McInnes of Rushworth, Vic.
Private Stuart Silver of Kirribilli, NSW, and Private Don Kelly of Launceston, Tas, carry a rope between them. They are part of a rescue party of B Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Reg
Private Charlie Maidement of North Melbourne, Vic, has mud smeared on his light coloured life jacket by an unidentified soldier before heading out to the Samichon River. He is part of a rescue party o
Korea. c. August 1952. Private Reg Daniels of Hobart, Tas, and of C Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), with an Owen gun, waits for transport back to the Company lines af
Korea. c. August 1952. Standing at the entrance to a dugout, Sergeant Sid McLaughlin of Maroubra, NSW (left with binoculars), Sergeant Keith Drew of Cabramatta, NSW, and Mortar Sergeant Operations, an
At first sight, just a peaceful South East Asian village...villagers at prayers in the temple, a group gossiping outside...but the army boots give the scene away. So do the faces...faces like that of
