The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A returning patrol group from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), stop to unload their weapons before they enter their forward company base lines. 53322 Corporal (Cpl) Francis Robert (Frank) Thurston (left), of Coledale, NSW, has removed the magazine from his Owen machine carbine and he is watching 52350 Lance Corporal (LCpl) Stanley L (Stan) Davies (right), of Tuart Hill, WA, removing the magazine from his L1A1 self loading rifle (SLR). 54619 Private (Pte) Sydney Victor (Syd) Cox (centre), is armed with an L4A4 Bren gun and is leading other patrolling troops back into base. Cpl Thurston served in Korea with a New Zealand Unit and also in Malaya and Singapore during the Malayan Emergency. He later served in South Vietnam with 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit (1ARU) between 1967 and 1968, where he was wounded in action. LCpl Davies served in Malaya and Singapore during the Malayan emergency. Pte Cox also served with 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) in Sarawak and later in South Vietnam with 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) between 1967 and 1968.
42887 Private (Pte) John Vilius Didsman, of Port Elliott, SA, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), armed with his 7.62mm L4A4 Bren gun as he moves through a reinforced trench during a
15926 Bombardier (Bdr) William Raymond (Bill) Bostock, of Murwillumbah, NSW, 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), passing a 105mm shell from an underground magazine to the gun crew o
Sergeant Hugh Cross (left), of Corinda, Qld, checks that the L4A4 Bren gun being held by 37127 Private (Pte) Ronald H (Ron) Breward (right), of Launceston, Tas, is cleared of ammunition as they return
Armed with an L1A1 self loading rifle (SLR), and followed by an unidentified soldier, 61515 Private (Pte) Raymond Leslie (Ray) Ewell, of Perth, WA, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR),
Sergeant Hugh Cross (left), of Corinda, Qld, checks that the Owen machine carbine of 38111 Private (Pte) Wayne Jeffrey Grinter (right), of Laverton, Vic, is cleared of ammunition as they return to the
Three gun crew members from 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), passing 105mm rounds forward to a waiting L5 Pack Howitzer, which will provide fire support for an Australian infantr
