The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Sarob Sambo, a Torres Strait Islander and ex paratrooper, of the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade. Originally a scout car gunner, patrolling 'black roads' and escorting vehicles of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, L Cpl Sambo is now a Regimental Policeman with the Brigade in northern Malaya.
Corporal (Cpl) Charles Mene, AaTorres Strait Islander serviceman, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), receiving the Military Medal from the British High Commissioner to the Federation
A British, Daimler Ferret MK 2, scout car with a raised section of superstructure inserted between the drivers visors and turret with the army registration number 34 BA 36. The vehicle has had the .30
The rugged terrain is apparent here as a mixed convoy of GMC, CCKW-353 two and a half ton trucks, including an artillery tractor towing a 25 pounder field gun and other vehicles negotiate a steep road
Having a break during an exercise on Penang Island are newly arrived Provosts. From left 2/9233 Corporal Ron Rudkin, of Maitland, NSW, 28th British Commonwealth Independent Infantry Brigade, armed wit
Australian Signaller, 2/9313 Corporal (Cpl) C B 'Doc' Judd, of Coogee, NSW, 28th Brigade, Signal Squadron, talking on a field telephone set at the edge of a small airstrip in Northern Malaya. Cpl Judd
Portrait of 3/5676 Private (Pte) B D Kendall, 20, of Frankston, Vic, 126th Transport Platoon, Royal Australian Army Service Corps (RAASC), integrated with 3 Company, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC), s
