The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. 4 March 1954. Private (Pte) Athol (Blondie) Wilson, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), in his jeep, is a driver for the machine gunners. Pte Wilson of Mt Seymour, Tas, first joined the Army in 1949. At one stage he was in charge of the mess of 18th National Service Battalion at Brighton, Tas. He then transferred to the Regular Army so he could come to Korea. Instead of returning to Australian with 2RAR next month he has obtained permission to stay on here with 1RAR as a driver.
Korea. 4 March 1954. Private (Pte) Ron Harris, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), of Boyanup, WA, a driver with the machine gunners in Korea, checks his distributor before setting ou
Korea. 4 March 1954. Private (Pte) Ken Cranston, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), of Warburton, Vic, checking the oil in his jeep. Pte Cranston, 23, joined the Army in April 1952.
Korea. 4 March 1954. Informal portrait of Private (Pte) Graeme Belleville, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), of Ballarat, Vic. Pte Belleville got his first taste of Army life with t
Informal portrait of 6/888 Private (Pte) David Press, of Swansea, Tas, and 1/1971 Pte Reg Wallace, of Kyogle, NSW, both of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), deciding on their toothp
Pusan, Korea. 31 March 1954. The 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), has arrived in Korea to relieve 2RAR. Here members of 1RAR wait aboard the SS New Australia for word to go ashore
4/1737 Private (Pte) John Balnaves, 23, of Mt Gambier, SA, B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), cleaning his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carb
