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Australian NCO served with 3rd Bn Royal Australian Regt, 28th Commonwealth Infantry Bde, 1st Commonwealth Div in South Korea, 1951-1953
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REEL 1 Recollections of operations as NCO with 6 Platoon, B Coy, 3rd Bn Royal Australian Regt, 28th Commonwealth Infantry Bde, 1st Commonwealth Div during Operation Commando in South Korea, 10/1951: background to enlistment and posting to battalion, 1951; memories of Aboriginal officer Captain Reg Saunders; leadership of battalion; start of Operation Commando, 10/1951; wiping out of group of Chinese People's Volunteer Army troops having breakfast; company attack on The Hinge followed by Chinese People's Volunteer Army artillery counter-attack; Chinese People's Volunteer Army ground attack on The Hinge, 10/1951; story of how his patrol got lost and he was hit by a grenade in the shoulder.
REEL 2 Continues: Aspects of period of hospitalisation for shoulder wound in South Korea and Japan, 10/1951: effect of his shoulder wound; treatment for wounds; North Korean guerrilla attack on United States Army hospital at Ujongbu, South Korea; amusing experiences at British Commonwealth Hospital in Kure, Japan. Recollections of operations as NCO with 6 Platoon, B Coy, 3rd Bn Royal Australian Regt, 28th Commonwealth Infantry Bde, 1st Commonwealth Div in South Korea, 1951-1953: re-joining battalion; acquiring an Owen Gun, 11/1951; patrolling in River Imjin area; accidental fire from American manned machine guns; opinion of tactics employed by United States Army officers and troops in attack; Chinese People's Volunteer Army thwarting of his booby-traps; personal expedition through minefield towards Chinese People's Volunteer Army mortar position in Hills 355-317 area.
REEL 3 Continues: sight of Chinese People's Volunteer Army shooting down of United States Air Force aircraft; withdrawal from forward positions and booby-trapping of equipment; arrival of winter clothing, 1/1952; return to frontline at Bowling Alley; opinion of French Canadian positions that unit took over, early 1952; visit by Australian War Minister, Christmas, 12/1951; move into frontline in Samichon Valley, summer 1952; explanation of 'gentleman's agreement' with Chinese People's Volunteer Army in Samichon Valley. Recollections of operation to grab Chinese prisoner as NCO with 3rd Royal Australian Regt at Hill 75, Samichon Valley, South Korea, 8/1952: effectiveness of flak jackets against Chinese PPSh 41 Machine Gun; incident of troops shooting NCO; character of attack on Chinese People's Volunteer Army positions.
REEL 4 Continues: rescue of wounded comrade; jumping into occupied Chinese People's Volunteer Army fox hole; close quarter action with Chinese People's Volunteer Army troops in fox hole; death of comrade from internal bleeding; outcome of snatch raid. Recollections of operations as NCO with 6 Platoon, B Coy, 3rd Bn Royal Australian Regt, 28th Commonwealth Infantry Bde, 1st Commonwealth Div in South Korea, 1952-1953: decision to stay for second tour; lucky escape during reconnaissance patrol, 9/1952; personal attempt to grab Chinese People's Volunteer Army prisoner and discovery of minefield in Samichon Valley; reprimand he received for expedition; period of leave in Australia; attitude towards commanding officer's ideas of discipline; attachment to B Coy, 1st Bn Durham Light Infantry on Hill 355.
REEL 5 Continues: effect of mortar blast on him whilst on attachment to B Coy, 1st Bn Durham Light Infantry; attitude to having served in Korean War.