The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. 4 March 1954. Informal portrait of Private (Pte) Colin Harris, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), of Corryong, Vic, as he enjoys a cigarette during a break from clearing the ground for a new NCOs club. Pte Harris joined the Army in 1952 and came to Korea last year with the Battalion.
HOBJ4868 Original BCFK Public Relations caption: Pte Colin Harris, of 2 Bn The Royal Australian Regiment is another bush boy in "Victoria's Own" as the Bn is known. He is taking it easy during smoke time while helping his mates clear the ground for a new NCO's club. Harris was born at Elm Hill, in the Corryong (Vic) district where his father has a cattle property. After he left Corryong School he became a bush worker moving around the Riverina, southern New South Wales and Gippsland from Deniliquin to Burrinjuck, Port Kembla and Kiewa. He joined the Army in 1952 and came to Korea last year with the Battalion.
Korea. 4 March 1954. Private (Pte) George Thatcher of Support Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), shown here with his jeep is a driver for the machine gun platoon. Pte Thatch
Korea. 16 March 1954. Informal portrait of Private (Pte) Noel (Snow) Lyall, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), of Port Germein, SA, as he enjoys a cigarette. Pte Lyall joined the Arm
Korea. December 1953. Private (Pte) Ray Wolfe, B Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), smokes a cigarette as he carries corrugated iron up the hill for reinforcing the bunkers
Relaxing after a strenuous truce line patrol in Korea is 24996 Private George Grahme (Graham) Chevalley, of Grafton, NSW. Pte Chevalley came to Korea with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regim
Informal portrait of Private Don McKinnon, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), of Mt Gambier, SA. He joined the Army in 1943 and his first service was with the Citizen Military Force
Private (Pte) Kevin (Smoky) Dawson, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), of Innisfail, Qld. Pte Dawson joined the Army in April 1952 and came to Korea last November. He is seen here ta
