The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
After a hard days digging on reserve positions, an unidentified member of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), returns to his company lines. Carrying his .303 rifle he is passing other men's washing hanging out to dry in the summer sun. Fellow soldiers can be seen standing bare chested outside their dugouts below the crest of the distant hill. The war seems a long way away.
Probably Soputa, Papua, 1942-11. Informal outdoors portrait of SX13013 Lieutenant Murray V. Barlow, Transport Officer with the 2/4th Field Ambulance, standing bare-chested beside some washing hanging
After a hard days digging on reserve positions, a working party of unidentified soldiers from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), returns to its company lines.
After a hard days digging on reserve positions, a working party of unidentified soldiers from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), returns to its company lines.
Two unidentified men of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), hanging out their washing to dry in the summer sun. Another soldier, holding a Bren light machine-gun, is squatting on
One of the many daily tasks that confront the soldier in Korea is the continuous improvement of the defences in their sector of the line. This means plenty of digging. On their way to the daily grind
Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Bare-chested Captain Brian Altham of Como, WA, a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), writing a letter during a lull in fighting at
