The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 after spending a rainy night trying to rescue the patrol which was trapped on the enemy side of the rain swollen Samichon River. Note the Mills hand grenade attached to his shirt and the spare ammunition magazines carried in his shirt pockets.
Korea. c. August 1952. Private Les Hacking of Camp Hill, Qld, radios back to Battalion Headquarters. He is part of a rescue patrol of B Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
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
Korea. c. August 1952. A rescue patrol of men of B Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), trying to contact a fighting patrol trapped on the enemy side of the rain swollen S
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. 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
A rescue patrol of unidentified men of B Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), cross a creek as they head to no man's line in an effort to contact a fighting patrol trapped
