The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. 1 December 1954. Private (Pte) Norm Crane, a member of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), of Ettalong, NSW, sighting a mortar during a practice exercise near the banks of the Imjin River. Before completing his National Service training at Holsworthy Pte Crane was a garage mechanic. He arrived in Korea nine months ago on the SS New Australia.
Korea. 1 December 1954. Clearing away empty ammunition boxes from behind his machine gun is Private Jim Bennie of Gunnedah, NSW, who was taking part in a machine gunner and mortar field firing exercis
Korea. 1 December 1954. About to fire a mortar bomb is Private (Pte) Ron Hanson, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), of Alvie, Vic, who is taking part in a mortar and machine gun firi
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
Korea. 1 December 1954. At a field firing exercise carried out by the machine gun and mortar platoons of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), in Korea, Sergeant D. C. (Bluey) Muir
Korea. 1 December 1954. Machine gunners and mortar men, the specialists of a Battalion, need a lot of practice to maintain their high degree of proficiency at arms. Recently members of the mortar and
Korea. 1 December 1954. Machine gunners and mortar men, the specialists of a Battalion, need a lot of practice to maintain their high degree of proficiency at arms. Recently members of the mortar and
