The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. 1 January 1953. Christmas cake from home was shared by these three members of B Company, the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), during a break for tea. Pictured, left to right: Private Roy Childs of Bondi Junction, NSW; Private Murray McKechnie of Mosman, NSW, and Private Laurie McNamee of Berry, SA. Note the heavy fall of snow around the men.
Korea. c. January 1953. Members of the Signal Platoon, the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), at work removing a night fall of snow from around their dugout before it freezes solid.
Chosan, North Korea. 1 January 1953. A brief burst of wintery sunshine is a sufficient lure for Private Herb Beck of Perth, WA; Private Joe Collins of Parramatta, NSW, and Private A. M. (Junior) Atkin
Korea. 1 January 1953. Informal portrait of Private Frank Smith of Taree, NSW, coming out of a deep snow covered dugout to commence a tour of sentry duty in the front line. He is a member of B Company
This Bondi Junction is six thousand miles away in Korea, but 27179 Private (Pte) Russell Thomas (Russ) Westbury of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), who is putting up the sign, expe
Korea. c. 1951. With the first light snow of the Korean winter, Private J. B. Whitehouse of Campsie, NSW, Private J. Waller of Bondi Junction, NSW, and Lance Corporal R. Efford of Yallourn, Vic, warm
With the first light snow of the Korean winter, Private (Pte) J B Whitehouse of Campsie, NSW, Pte J Waller of Bondi Junction, NSW, and Lance Corporal R Efford of Yallourn, Vic, warm themselves at thei
