The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
In the cold light of dawn and assisted by the lights of their trucks, unidentified men from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), conduct a search and check of rubber tappers at the barbed wire gates of a village in the Kuala Kansgar district, during a 2RAR food denial operation. This type of operation is designed to prevent food supplies falling into the hands of Communist terrorists who are known to be active in the area. All people, including children, are searched when entering or leaving the village.
5/2840 Private R J 'Rio' Riordan, of Claremont, WA (left standing in truck), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), and Malayan Police Officers search trucks for food supplies and other
Armed with an Owen gun, this unidentified Lance Corporal (centre), of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), carefully checks the identity papers of rubber plantation workers as they pas
Two unidentified soldiers from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), and a Malayan Policewoman undertake gate checking duty of a group of people at the entry point to a village in the K
Seen through the barbed wire of a village checkpoint, an unidentified soldier of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), and a Malayan Policeman search the baskets and containers strapped
Armed with an Owen gun, 5/2840 Private (Pte) R J 'Rio' Riordan, of Claremont, WA (standing in truck right), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), ensures that no illegal food supplies l
Armed with his Owen gun, 1/1836 Private (Pte) (later Corporal) Stan Arnold, 24, of Cullamulla, Qld, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), lies back on a hammock as he takes a two hour b
