The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Miyajima Island, Japan. c. May 1955. Leaving the main Shinto shrine on the island of Miyajima in the Japanese Inland Sea, are Private Trev Forrester of Adelaide, SA (left), and Corporal Norm McBride of Cairns, Qld (right). Miyajima, the main leave centre for British Commonwealth troops from Japan and Korea is a favourite with Australian soldiers on leave from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR).
Miyajima Island, Japan. c. May 1955. Private Trev Forrester of Adelaide, SA (left), and Corporal Norm McBride of Cairns, Qld (right), two Australian soldiers, on leave at the island of Miyajima in the
Miyajima Island, Japan. c. May 1955. Two Australian soldiers, on leave from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), in Korea, approach a sacred Shinto shrine on the island of Miyajima in
Miyajima Island, Japan. c. May 1955. Two Australian soldiers, on leave from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), in Korea, approach a sacred Shinto shrine on the island of Miyajima in
Miyajima Island, Japan. c. May 1955. Silhouetted against the late afternoon sun, this Australian soldier, on leave from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), in Korea, admires the beaut
Miyajima Island, Japan. c. May 1955. Silhouetted against the late afternoon sun, these two Australian soldiers, on leave from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), in Korea, admire the
Perched on the edge of the surrounding fence, a party of unidentified Australian soldiers, on leave from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), look over the main shrine of Miyajima
