Bomber and Pte Terry taken at Smoko in the mountains

3400376 Private (Pte) Lionel John 'Bomber' Terry, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), (front) with another member of the battalion on a hillside in Korea. A miner prior to enlistment, Pte Terry commenced his service in Korea on 4 July 1952. On the night of 24-25 January 1953 Pte Terry was a wireless operator on a patrol which moved from Hill 355 into enemy territory to raid a Chinese standing patrol and capture a prisoner. During the battle which ensued Pte Terry was wounded but later led a charge against an attack from the rear. He was last seen fighting a group of 20 Chinese soldiers. Pte Terry's body was never recovered and he is regarded as missing presumed dead on 25 January 1953. He was aged 22. In June 1955 he was posthumously awarded Mentioned in Despatches (MID).