The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. 21 March 1954. Corporal Peter Fox, Tailor, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), gives his opposite number in 2RAR a hand as he tries a pair of trousers for length on Sergeant K. Guy, 2RAR. Soon to leave for home 2RAR are being fitted with new Battle Dress.
Korea. 21 March 1954. Due home soon the men of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), in Korea are being fitted out with new Battle Dress (BD) which they will wear during the city marche
Pusan, Korea. 1954-11-08. At the Seaforth Transit Camp, soldiers hand in their Korean Combat dress which had been replaced by regulation battle dress. They are about to return home to Australia.
Korea. 21 March 1954. With their return to Australia imminent the men of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), are being issued with new Battle Dress for the ceremonial marches which wi
2/6257 Private (Pte) Barry Selby of Revesby, NSW (left), a signaller of A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), gets a helping hand from 5/2839 Pte Jack Head of Perth, WA (righ
Japan, c. 1950-09. On a 'Korean Battle Board' map mounted on a wall in the Intelligence Office, Private D.F. ('Junior)' Ellis, a member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), plac
A sewing machine as almost a weapon of war in a modern army, and a man who can handle it is a very important soldier, especially in Korea, where wear and tear on uniforms and working clothes is heavy.
