The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Santa Claus (Warrant Officer Class 2 Richard Osborne 'Matey' McLaughlin of Ingleburn, NSW, Company Sergeant Major of A Company), presents members of A Company, the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), with Christmas parcels donated by the Returned Services League (RSL). The Battalion celebrated Christmas on New Years Day as it was in the front line on Christmas Day. Note the bottle of beer in front of Santa Claus.
Santa Claus (Warrant Officer Class 2 Richard Osborne 'Matey' McLaughlin DCM of Ingleburn, NSW, Company Sergeant Major of A Company), presents members of A Company, the 1st Battalion, The Royal Austral
Suitably garbed for the occasion and riding a specially constructed sled, (Santa Claus) Warrant Officer Class 2 Richard Osborne 'Matey' McLaughlin of Ingleburn, NSW, Company Sergeant Major of A Compan
Santa Claus chats with Lieutenant Colonel M. Austin of Frankston, Vic, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR). Warrant Officer Class 2 Richard Osborne 'Matey' Mc
While other members of A Company, the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), await their turn, unidentified cheerful young soldiers receive Christmas parcels donated by the Returned Ser
Korea. 1 January 1953. Members of A Company, the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), having enjoyed Christmas dinner, are amused at the antics of an impromptu Santa Claus (Warrant Off
Korea. 1 January 1953. As they were in the front line on Christmas Day members of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), deferred their celebration until the New Year. Here mortarmen
