The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of 3/742 Staff Sergeant (S Sgt) Francis William (Frank) 'Dinky' Dean, of Bendigo, Vic, A Company 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), aiming his 9 mm Browning Hi-Power, semi automatic pistol as he prepares to fire off his unused ammunition at an outdoor range in Lasah, Northern Malaya. Unused ammunition issued to patrols is always fired off on return to base, and never reissued. High humidity and extreme heat causes ammunition to deteriorate rapidly in Malaya. S Sgt Dean enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 16 December 1943 and served with the 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion until the end of the Second World War. He was a member of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan until he served in Korea with 1RAR between 1952 and 1956. He was awarded the British Empire Medal as part of the New Years Honours list on 14 January 1960. After his Malayan service he served in South Vietnam with 1RAR between 1965 and 1966 and later, again with 1RAR between 1968 and 1969, seeing action at Fire Support Base Coral. S Sgt Dean was the longest serving member of 1RAR and was the guest of honour at the opening of the new Coral Lines at Laverack Barracks, Townsville in 2004. He died suddenly on 11 February 2005, aged 79.
Informal portrait of 1/1987 Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Kenneth M (Ken) Brodie, of Stafford, Qld, A Company 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), aiming his 9 mm Browning Hi-Power, se
A menacing site is 1/4905 Private (Pte) Basil Cook, of Warwick, Qld, A Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), aiming his Remington 12 gauge shot gun as he prepares to fire off h
Armed with a 7.62mm L1A1 self loading rifle (SLR), 4/1725 Private (Pte) Graham George Tanner (left), aged 27, of Woodville, SA, B Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), conducti
3/314 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) (later Colonel) William John Morrow (left), outgoing Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), talking with his replacement 2/131 Lt Co
Armed with a 7.62mm L1A1 self loading rifle (SLR), 5/3405 Private (Pte) Cliff J Williams (left), aged 21, of East Fremantle, WA, B Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), conduct
Informal portrait of 2/12582 Private Harvey P Hudson, aged 27, of Bathurst, NSW, A Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), preparing to insert a dart into a Sakai [Malayan] blow
