The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Pusan, Korea. 31 March 1954. There is a strong sprinkling of Korean veterans amongst the newly arrived 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), in Korea relieving 2RAR. Sergeant J. (Mac) McNulty MM of Norman Park, Qld, seen here aboard the SS New Australia waiting for the word to move ashore, is one of the veterans. He won his Military Medal as a Platoon Sergeant with B Company during a raid on enemy lines (codenamed operation Fauna) at Hill 355 in December 1952. McNulty, who had previously served with 8th Royal Tank Regiment was born in Lancashire England and possibly one of the more than one hundred British men recruited into the RAR as part of K Force in 1950.
Pusan, Korea. 31 March 1954. Informal portrait of one of the bandsmen, Private J. (Jock) Cowan, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), of Perth, WA, as he waits at the entrance to the bo
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
Pusan, Korea. 31 March 1954. Members of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), newly arrived in Korea to relieve 2RAR, wait for the word to move ashore from the SS New Australia. Pic
Pusan, Korea. 31 March 1954. Corporal Ray Thomas, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), of Corinda, Qld, spends his last few minutes aboard the SS New Australia engrossed in a book whil
SERGEANT A.B. MCNULTY, DCM. SERGEANT MCNULTY WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL FOR HIS SERVICES IN VIETNAM WITH NO 5 BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT.
Pusan, Korea. 31 March 1954. After disembarking from the SS New Australia at Pusan men of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), climb aboard the trucks which will take them on the l
