The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of 6/1163 Private K J (Jim) Wass, aged 21, of Cygnet, Tasmania, A Company 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), inserting a dart into a Sakai [Malayan] blow pipe during off duty hours at his operational camp at Lasah, Northern Malaya. With skill and practice it is possible to fire a dart accurately up to 40 to 50 feet. The blow pipe and poisonous dart are the traditional hunting weapons of the Malayan tribes people.
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
4/2236 Private Victor C (Vic) Allen (left), aged 19, of Adelaide, SA, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), showing a local tribesman, Uda Long (right) his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee
Private Errol Barker (right) ,21, of Yeoval, NSW, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), shows Pan Duk (left), a local tribesman, his 7.62mm L1A1 self loading rifle (SLR). Pan Duk is ar
4/2186 Private Edgar B (Ed) Sherry (left), aged 20, of Port Pirie, SA, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), showing Sanseng Allan, a local tribesman, his 9mm Owen machine carbine. Sans
1/4755 Private (Pte) John P Gurney (left), aged 21, of, Redcliffe, QLD, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), showing Uda Long (right), a local tribesman, his Savage Stevens, Model 77,
Using an axe to trim a log is 1/4428 Sapper Bruce H Best, aged 22, of Thangool, Qld, 1st Field Troop, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). The sappers are clearing a strip of jungle 500 yard long and 50
