The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
3/410493 Private (Pte) Noel Smith, of Collingwood, Vic, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Looks back across the Sungei (river) Plus towards the dense jungle of Northern Malaya where he and his mates completed many miles of patrolling in their two year war against Communist terrorists. Pte Smith is due to return to Australia shortly when 3RAR will be relieved after two years of operations. He is armed with a 7.62mm Fabrique Nationale (FN) self loading rifle (SLR).
To keep their visual skills at peak efficiency, every spare moment is taken up in training runs by the highly skilled Iban trackers. Here, Sarawak Ranger, Private Budong (foreground), is following a t
Children come out to greet three unidentified Australians from A Company (A Coy), 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) who are finishing their jungle patrol at a local kampong (village)
Two brothers in the Australian Regular Army, 4/1651 Private (Pte) (later Lance Corporal) William John (Bill) Casey, (left) and 4/1954 Pte Ronald B (Ron) Casey (right), both of Renmark, SA, 3rd Battali
Informal portrait of three Australian soldiers from 6 Platoon, B Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) who were involved in an ambush on 3 July 1958, which resulted in the death
Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), stationed at Kuala Kangsar, North Perak, Malaya, are playing host to eight English sailors from the British frigate, HMS Mount Bay. For
Three unidentified soldiers from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), say goodbye to some local children standing on a bamboo landing on the Sungei (river) Plus in Northern Malaya. 3RA
