The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. 28 March 1954. A patrol advances through a paddy field in "enemy" territory during full scale manoeuvres conducted by the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), in Korea. All the men are wearing steel helmets with camouflage netting and the leading men are are carrying the standard light infantry firearms of the time. From right to left these are the Owen sub machine carbine, .303 calibre Bren light machine gun and .303 calibre short magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) rifle.
Two unidentified Australian soldiers point out likely enemy positions to an American soldier (right). One Australian (left) is armed with a Short Magazine Lee Enfield .303 rifle (SMLE). The soldier po
Three unidentified members of 2 Battalion the Royal Australian Regiment resting on and near piles of bedrolls and personal kit. The three were on their way back to the Battalion area after a training
Corporal Larry Nelson, Platoon Sergeant, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), of Ballarat, Vic (left), and Sergeant Jung Yung Hak, a member of the unit's Korean Augmentation Troops, Co
Unidentified members of an ambush team from D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), move cautiously down a weed covered bank into a clear swamp area as they patrol along the f
A group of 19th and early 20th century firearms and bayonets. Identified front row from left: India Pattern smoothbore musket in .75 calibre; Pattern 1853 Artillery Carbine, 2nd Model of 1858 in eithe
Unidentified men from B Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), moving along a trench to the starting point awaiting for the order to move off on patrol. Steel helmets were consi
