Most important to the troops of 28 British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade in Korea, especially ...

Most important to the troops of 28 British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade in Korea, especially with the approach of the rainy season, are good dry living quarters. To make their tents weatherproof, the Australians serving with the Brigade build up their tent sides with ammunition boxes and timber, and then lay floor boards over a foundation of broken rock. The result is an uchi (hutchi, hoochie), which is a tent or hut that would keep snug and dry in a hurricane. Here Private (Pte) Stan Stewart of Dimboola, Vic, levels his tent site ready to lay the flooring. Pte Stewart, who is 24 years old, has been in the army for twelve months. he arrived in Korea with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), in March 1954. Before joining up, Pte Stewart was a cleaner for the Victorian Government Railways, but he is planning to stay in the army because 'it satisfies my itchy feet'. (Original British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) Public Relations caption).