The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. 13 October 1954. In Korea the code word "scram" brings troops of the 1st Commonwealth Division rushing from their living quarters to man their battle stations in the Kansas Line. "Scram" comes frequently but irregularly at any hour of the day or night. Nobody knows when "scram" may turn out to be the real thing. Private Jim Ison of Wollongong, NSW, peers through the slit of his camouflaged bunker, Bren gun ready beside him. This might be the last "scram" for members of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), before it leaves Korea. Note the barbed wire fence in the foreground.
Korea. 13 October 1954. In Korea the code word "scram" brings troops of the 1st Commonwealth Division rushing from their living quarters to man their battle stations in the Kansas Line. "Scram" comes
Korea. 13 October 1954. Private Les Riddett of Drouin, Vic, keeps in touch with his Company Headquarters on the telephone during a "scram". In Korea the code word "scram" brings troops of the 1st Comm
Korea. 13 October 1954. Private A. G. (Eddie) Edwards of Cessnock, NSW, with his Bren gun on his shoulder after a "scram" exercise. In Korea the code word "scram" brings troops of the 1st Commonwealth
Korea. 13 October 1954. Private Arthur Turner of Esperance, WA, moves along a trench with his Bren gun, during a "scram". In Korea the code word "scram" brings troops of the 1st Commonwealth Division
Private (Pte) Stan Sutherland of Bundaberg, Qld, with rifle, and Pte Vic Creagh of Pomona, Qld, both members of A Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), coming out of a sandbagg
Private (Pte) T H 'Curley' Curtis of Launceston, Tas, keeps in touch with his Company Headquarters on the telephone during a "scram". In Korea the code word "scram" brings troops of the 1st Commonwea
