Waiting for the signal to move off with his patrol into the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) in Korea is ...

Accession Number MELJ0838
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Meldrum, Donald Albert (Tim)
Place made Korea: 38th Parallel
Date made 19 May 1955
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Waiting for the signal to move off with his patrol into the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) in Korea is Indigenous serviceman 26543 Private (Pte) Rowley Edward Callen, of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR). The Australian battalion takes it in turns with other Commonwealth units, to send patrols into the zone which separates the Communists (North Koreans and Chinese) from the United Nations forces in the truce line. Alongside Pte Callen is a specially trained patrol dog with his handler, an unidentified British Army corporal from the Dorset Regiment. The dog can pick up the scent of a man at a distance of 600 yards, and he is invaluable for night patrol work.