The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. January 1953. The searchlights used in the brigade of the 1st Commonwealth Division to which the two Australian battalions belong are worked by teams from various brigade units. The lights do a useful job showing up enemy positions at night and making things easier for our patrols. Here Private Doug Newth of Glenrowan, Vic, and of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), and Sergeant Eddie Thorogood of Euston, London, England, of the Royal Fusiliers test a light in preparation for the night's work. Private Newth is the mechanic of the detachment and Sergeant Thorogood is the Officer Commanding.
Korea. January 1953. The searchlights used in the Brigade of the 1st Commonwealth Division to which the two Australian battalions belong are worked by teams from various brigade units. The lights do a
Korea. January 1953. The searchlights used in the Brigade of the 1st Commonwealth Division to which the two Australian battalions belong are worked by teams from various brigade units. The lights do a
Mortar men of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), unload cases of mortar bombs from a unit three ton truck in preparation for the night's activities. Identified are 2/10696 Privat
In the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), Mortar Command Post (CP), Corporal F. R. (Smudger) Smith of Fairfield, Vic, and Sergeant Ted Sutton of Coorow, WA, look over the night's fir
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. July 1967. Trench digging for troops of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) is now much easier. One of the greatest boons to the soldier given the job of sinking a trench or b
Korea. December 1952. At the 28th Commonwealth Brigade, members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), prepare for Christmas. After Christmas, the 1st Battalion, RAR, will take ov
