The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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, and Private Rick Langridge of Brighton, Vic (on the telephone). They were part of a rescue patrol of B Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), bringing down mortar fire to support the patrol which was trapped on the enemy side of the rain swollen Samichon River.
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)
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 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
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
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
A rescue party of unidentified men from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) trudge up a muddy hill near B Company's position. They are about to head out to no man's land to try and
