The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. December 1953. Sitting on his bed as he pulls on his extra warm winter socks is Private H. D. (Bubbles) Whitehurst, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), of Geraldton, WA. The socks and the nylon innered rubber treaded boots that go over them will protect his feet from the frozen Korean ground.
Korea. December 1953. An essential part of the scientifically designed winter clothes issued to Australian soldiers in Korea are the "cold wet" boots. Rubber treaded and with nylon inners, they protec
Korea, c. 1951-02. A member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), puts on a pair of American Arctic rubber overshoes over his normal Australian Army boots AB. 3RAR soldiers wore
Korea, c. 1951-02. A member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), buckles up a pair of American Arctic rubber overshoes that he has put on over his normal Australian Army boots A
Korea, c. 1951-02. A pair of American Arctic rubber overshoes that members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), wore over their normal Australian Army boots AB to help keep thei
An armload of new woollen socks is carried into the Quartermaster's Store by 12471 Private (Pte) Ronald 'Blue' Buckland, of Wallangarra, Qld, now serving with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian R
One of the many items of special clothing issued to the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) to protect them against the severe winter conditions in Korea are the rubber
