The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A patrol of men from the Signals Platoon, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), about to leave the Signal Platoon lines. The patrol lead by the Officer Commanding the Signals Platoon, Captain Laurie Watts, unsuccessfully searched for an enemy radio transmitter that was broadcasting propaganda messages, using a Chinese or North Korean English speaking female operator, that was interfering with the United States Army "Walkie Talkie" radio sets, that the battalion was using at the time. Left to right: 2/400011 Private (Pte) Bernard Goldsmith, later killed in action Kapyong on 24 April 1951; 2/3243 Pte Terry Flanagan, also later killed at Kapyong; 2/400030 Pte Robert (Bob) Parker, later wounded in action and captured at Kapyong; Corporal Spike Howard; 2/1002 Pte Allan (Darkie) Dickens, accidentally killed, possibly in a tent fire, on 21 March 1952; 3/400076 Pte J (Nishi) Nish, and 2/400093 Pte Jack Clarke, dispatch rider for battalion 2IC, Major Brown
Informal portrait of two soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) with the Taeryong River behind them just prior to the major Chinese offensive that would drive the United
WATSONVILLE AREA, QLD. 1944-04-28. A PLATOON COMMANDER OF THE 2/6TH INFANTRY BATTALION USING HIS "WALKIE-TALKIE" RADIO SET TO ORGANISE AN ATTACK ON A NEARBY KNOLL DURING A JUNGLE TRAINING EXERCISE.
DONADABU AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-30. VX40266 LIEUTENANT K. F. TURNER, PLATOON UMPIRE, (1) CHECKING ORDERS OVER A WALKIE TALKIE RADIO SET WHILE NX123472 LIEUTENANT G. H. LITCHFIELD, OFFICER COMMANDIN
240096 Captain (Capt) A P Denness of the 3rd Battalion (right), The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), is using a walkie talkie, a portable two-way radio transmitter and receiver, during a patrol.
5288 Sergeant (Sgt) Reginald (Reg) Amos Bandy MBE, Commander of 8 Platoon, C Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), leading a patrol on exercise in Japan preparing for Korea. Sg
240096 Captain (Capt) A P Denness of the 3rd Battalion (right), The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), is using a Walkie Talkie, a portable two-way radio transmitter and receiver, during a patrol. An
