The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified soldiers from the 'stand by' platoon of B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), head off into the rubber towards the jungle. They are hard on the heels of a recently sighted gang of Communist terrorists. 'Stand by' platoons are ready to move off at 30 minutes notice from their base at Sungei Siput. With all their equipment pre-prepared, they got the word to 'saddle up' and were on their way within 30 minutes. This patrol may stay out in the jungle for four days or more, living off 24 hour ration boxes. They will keep in touch with their base by radio and if necessary they can be re-supplied by air drop or helicopter. This group of men are armed with a Bren gun and Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbines. The Daimler Ferret armoured car in the background was used to escort the troop trucks on the drive from base camp and will stand guard until all the troops have disappeared into the jungle.
A Daimler Ferret armoured car which has just escorted these unidentified soldiers from 'stand by' platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, (2RAR), to a rubber plantation, keep
A group of soldiers from A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), in the back of their GMC, CCKW-353 two and a half ton truck, which will take them to positions in the jungle of
Three unidentified men from C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) wave off their mates from 9 Platoon, as they lift off from the sports field (padang) at Sungei Siput in a We
Heavily laden members of 9 Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), boarding a Westland Whirlwind HAR.4 helicopter from 155 Squadron RAF, which has landed on the field
Members of a guard, with bayonets attached to their Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbines, present arms as the trucks and guns of 105th Field Battery move out of their base camp
Informal group portrait of a Section of soldiers from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), being briefed by their patrol commander in a clearing in Southern Kedah, before they move off
