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. A detachment at work cleaning up two searchlights in preparation for the night's work.
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
New Guinea. Troops standing on the bank watch a light tank crossing a bridge in the Sanga River area. A twenty seven-hour shift was worked by engineers to construct two bridges in this area. A cliff f
Among the most hard-worked soldiers in Korea are the Signalmen of 28 British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade. Communications along a modern battle front require hundreds of miles of telephone cable, and
'Tom Smith' (right), a Korean radio mechanic employed by the Commonwealth forces in Korea, is assisting telegraphic mechanic 41041 Signalman John Desmond Dayman, of Kilburn, SA, to wire up a test pane
Here the soldiers are depicted in their downtime, the characteristic "hurry up and wait" rhythm of military activity, "...not the business side..." of their work in Timor-Leste. Whilst on deployment A
