Haramura, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09. Gathered on and around a jeep parked on a narrow dirt track, ...

Haramura, Honshu, Japan, c. 1950-09. Gathered on and around a jeep parked on a narrow dirt track, a group of soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), pauses for a break during a training exercise in preparation for the battalion's move to Korea from BCOF. Two of the soldiers are sitting on the vehicle's bonnet and another two on its bumper bar, while a fifth man leans on the bonnet. The soldier wearing the poncho at left and the man sitting on the bumper bar at right are both smoking cigarettes.