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Australian private served with 1 Platoon, A Coy, 3rd Bn Royal Australian Regt, 27th Commonwealth Infantry Bde and 28th Commonwealth Infantry Bde, 1st Commonwealth Div in South Korea, 1951-1952
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REEL 1 Recollections of operations as private with 1 Platoon, A Coy, 3rd Bn Royal Australian Regt in 27th Commonwealth Infantry Bde in South Korea, 2/1951-3/1951: reasons for rejoining Australian Army in Sydney, Australia, 9/1950; training at Haramura, Japan; question of adequacy of clothing for winter conditions; conditions on lorry journey across snow, 2/1951; movements through countryside around Hill 614; effect of winter on morale of unit; attack on Chisan village, 2/1951; story of interruption of game of two-up; icy conditions on Hill 410 'Slippery Dip'; story of stop for a 'nervous piss'; ambush on company by Chinese People's Volunteer Army; company casualties; capture of Salmon and Sardine Hills; encounter with Republic of Korea troops; orders to move to Kapyong.
REEL 2 Continues: Recollections of operations as private with 1 Platoon, A Coy, 3rd Bn Royal Australian Regt, 27th Commonwealth Infantry Bde during Battle of Kapyong, South Korea, 4/1951: Chinese assaults on platoon; question of Chinese People's Volunteer Army use of drugs; dealing with Chinese People's Volunteer Army officer spotter; psychological effect of moans of wounded; evasion of Chinese People's Volunteer Army machine gunner; signs of Chinese People's Volunteer Army dragging casualties away; failure of attempt to re-supply unit by air; handling unit napalm casualties; physical and mental condition after battle; motive for army issue of fresh underwear.
REEL 3 Continues: Aspects of period as private with 3rd Bn Royal Australian Regt, 27th Commonwealth Infantry Bde clearing Imjin battlefield, 5/1951: Chinese People's Volunteer Army clean-up of 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regt positions; size of Belgian trenches; discovery of executed Belgian prisoners of war; handling of Chinese People's Volunteer Army personnel who had stripped British troops; cleaning up of 1st Bn Royal Northumberland Fusilier positions. Recollections of operations as private with 3rd Bn Royal Australian Regt, 28th Commonwealth Infantry Bde during Operation Commando, South Korea, 10/1951: attempt to lay concertina wire under Chinese People's Volunteer Army shellfire; shell-shock victims; narrow escape from mortar bombing during advance; wounding in arm with stick grenade; medical treatment for wounds in South Korea and Kure, Japan, 10/1951-11/1951. Aspects of period with 3rd Bn Royal Australian Regt, 28th Commonwealth Infantry Bde, 1st Commonwealth Div in Korea, winter 1951-1952: return to unit, 11/1951; amusing encounter with typical regimental soldier; condition of wound; visit by Australian Army Minister, 12/1951; taking over positions from French Canadians; helping free tanks from frozen position; question of how to command. Aspects of service with 3rd Bn Royal Australian Regt, 28th Commonwealth Infantry Bde in South Korea, 1951-1952: effect on personal morale of service in Korean War; opinion of Chinese People's Volunteer Army troops' tenacity.
REEL 4 Continues: opinion of North Koreans; opinion of Allied troops and effect of General Matthew Ridgway on American morale; attitude to having served with 3rd Bn Royal Australian Regt in Korean War.