| Accession Number | MELJ0187 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base |
| Maker |
Meldrum, Donald Albert (Tim) |
| Place made | Korea: 38th Parallel |
| Date made | 18 July 1954 |
| Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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The lads who drive the trucks and jeeps for the Australian battalions in Korea find the going ...
Description
The lads who drive the trucks and jeeps for the Australian battalions in Korea find the going difficult about this time of the summer. it is the rainy season, and an almost daily downpour of two to three inches leaves long stretches of the supply routes feet deep in mud. 24293 Private Robert Alexander (Bob) Carpenter of Clovelly, NSW, claims that the Redex Reliability Trial would be a pushover after driving in the Korean wet. The photographer found Pte Carpenter digging his bogged-down truck out of the mud for the fourth time in three miles. Pte Carpenter has been in Korea nine months with Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). He has been in the army for four years. Before that he was a pastry cook and baker at Clovelly. (Original British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) Public Relations caption).