The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1/900179 Private (Pte) Don Pickering, an Aboriginal serviceman, 22, of Gayndah, Qld, 9 Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), quietly smokes a cigarette and holds his Owen gun as he waits for a RAF helicopter lift, that will take him into the jungle of Perak for the start of a 14 day patrol against Communist terrorists. Prior to joining the army Pte Pickering was a station hand and has now been with 2RAR for four and a half years. He is married with two children and his family live in the newly constructed soldiers' quarters on the island of Penang. Pte Pickering was later wounded in action while serving in Malaya.
Informal portrait of 5/2555 Corporal (Cpl) Ken Hall, of Victoria Park, WA, 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), as he watches a RAF sycamore helicopter r
Private (Pte) C R 'Sully' Sullivan, of Kempsy, NSW, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), enjoying a cup of tea during a halt in patrolling. Pte Sully is on an eight day patr
Informal portrait of 2/5125 Private A 'Mac' Macourt, of Newcastle, NSW, smoking quietly beside a GMC, CCKW-353 two and a half ton truck, as he awaits orders for the convoy of Support Company, 2nd Batt
Private (Pte) Noel Walsh, of Thornbury, Vic, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) cleans his stripped down Owen gun at the evening camp site after a hard day of patrolling. P
Loaded up and ready for his patrol, 6/985 Private (Pte) Ian Lloyd, 24, of Ulverstone, Tas, 9 Platoon (9 Pl), C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), watches as helicopters from
A Bren gun is not the softest of pillows, but Private Jock Stewart, of Glenn Innes, NSW, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), is not fussy after five hours of jungle bashing
