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In 2003 an Australian delegation returned to the Republic of South Korea. (L-R) Mr Norm Goldspink MBE, Mrs Eve Taylor, Mr Geoffrey Lushey AO DSC (Retd) and Mr Andrew Robertson RADM Click here to view larger version |
Kimpo, South Korea. 18th August 1951. Pilots of No. 77 Squadron RAAF being briefed by their commanding officer. (Australian War Memorial (AWM) image JK0025) Click here to view larger version |
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Korea, December 1950. Men and vehicles of 3RAR, attempt to make their way through a deep snowdrift in the Korean countryside. (AWM image PO2201.077) Click here to view larger version |
Korea, June 1952. The troops of 1RAR, take time for a welcome cup of tea at the end of their task of shifting camp. (AWM image HOBJ3191) Click here to view larger version |
Hill 335 area, Korea. March 1952. Members of A Company 3RAR wait in line to attend a church service at the Company Aid Post which consists of a simple thatched structure erected on a crude timber frame on Cemetery Ridge. (AWM image PO2208.022) Click here to view larger version |
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Korea, 1951. A Hawker Sea fury F.B. 11 aircraft of the 20th Carrier Air Group landing on the flight deck of HMAS Sydney. (AWM image 306840) Click here to view larger version |
Korea, 1st August 1952. Two unidentifi ed crew members work in the boiler room of a ship. The seaman in the foreground is punching sprayers in order to add fuel oil into the face of the boiler. Click here to view larger version |
Korea, 1951. Informal group portrait of RAN armourers crowded together in the H.8 mess of the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney. (AWM image PO1838.006) Click here to view larger version |
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Korea, December 1950. Four unidentifi ed members of 3RAR, sit around a small fi re to warm themselves and catch up on writing letters and reading newspapers and ‘GHOSTRIDER’ comics (Western 1950-1954). (AWM image HOBJ1970)
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Korea, January 1952. Rugged up against the cold, crew members of the HMAS Sydney brave the snow and ice which is covering the ship’s fl ight deck. (AWM image PO1838.015)
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Korea, December 1950. Three members of 3RAR enjoy a hot brew of tea at a camp in snow-covered countryside. (AWM image PO1813.494)
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Korea, 20th October 1953. Troops from 2RAR, in their winter protective gear move into position during training exercise Scram. (AWM image 157770)
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Korea, June 1952. Several jeeps towing trailers laden with supplies have pulled up in a camp in Korea. 1RAR are unloading equipment and supplies. Dugouts have been built into the surrounding hillside and reinforced with sandbags, ammunition boxes and wooden crates. (AWM image HOBJ3232)
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Korea, 13th-14th September 1951. An unidentifi ed soldier from 1RAR, has a head wound bandaged by a medical orderly in a dugout. (AWM image LEEJ0597)
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Korea, December 1950. Two members of 3RAR carry a wounded soldier from the Republic of Korea (ROK) Army along a snow covered track. (AWM image PO2201.073)
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Korea, June 1952. 1RAR moved from their hilltop positions to some fl at and low hilly country near the Commonwealth Division Headquarters. Here for a week, they will work on wiring The reserve line whose bunkers and trenches are being constructed by members of the 3RAR. (AWM image HOBJ3194)
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Korea, July 1951. Members of 3RAR, travel in the back of a British three ton truck to the starting point of a patrol into the No Man’s Land of North Korea. (AWM image HOBJ2288)
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Korea, December 1950. In a winter landscape, a group of soldiers from 3RAR gather around a small fire while they eat a meal from their dixies. (AWM image PO2201.045)
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The motto of the Signal Corps is Swift and Sure, but it takes a lot of keeping up to when the snow falls so heavily that it breaks the communication cable. Members of 3RAR Signal Corps are ensuring that lines of communication are kept open at all times. (AWM image HOBJ1883)
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Seoul, South Korea. 2nd September 1953. Old friends met when a group of RAAF pilots arrived at Camp Brittannia following their release from POW camps in North Korea. (AWM image POJK0862)
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Pusan, Korea. 21st March 1953. Troops of 2RAR, disembarking from the ship New Australia to relieve 1RAR which is returning home after 12 months service in Korea. 1RAR would return in March 1954 for a second time. (AWM image 157522)
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Kimpo, South Korea 1950-53. A group of No.77 Squadron RAAF ground staff stand around a snowman they have erected. (AWM image JK0140)
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Japan, September 1953. A pilot fl ying a former Australian POW from Seoul, Korea to Iwakuni, Japan. (AWM image JK0955)
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