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With the commitment of Australian forces to the Korean War, the Australian government called for 1000 men who had prior military experience in World War II to enlist in the army for three years, with one year of overseas service in Korea, to be called Korean Force or K-Force. [6] [7] A portion of the force was to be recruited in Great Britain. [8]
Australians didn't wear BD during World War II, but their own version of Service Dress; their BD was for export to other Commonwealth nations, such as Britain. Buttons were in sherardised steel or plastic resin. British battledress was only adopted by Australian military in the latter part of the Korean War.
The pre-war Australian Army uniform formed the basis of that worn by the First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF), which adopted the broad-brimmed slouch hat and rising sun badge. [10] Peak caps were initially also worn by the infantry, [11] while light horsemen often wore a distinctive emu plume in their slouch hats. [12]
An Australian soldier wearing the Australian Multicam Camouflage Uniform while firing his rifle. Australia generally followed British-style uniforms for its Armed forces, however did not adopt British Battledress during World War II, unlike other Commonwealth countries.
The 1st Commonwealth Division was the military unit that commanded Commonwealth land forces in the Korean War. [1] The division was a part of the multinational British Commonwealth Forces Korea, with infantry units of the British Army, Canadian Army and Australian Army forming the bulk of the division.
The 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) is the armoured infantry battalion of the Australian Army, based in Kapyong Lines, Townsville as part of the 3rd Brigade (Armoured Amphibious). 3 RAR traces its lineage to 1945 and has seen operational service in Japan, Korea, Malaya, Borneo, South Vietnam, Rifle Company Butterworth, East Timor, the Solomon Islands, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
The British Part in the Korean War Volume I: A Distant Obligation. London: HMSO. ISBN 0116309539. Farrar-Hockley, Anthony (1995). The British Part in the Korean War Volume II: An Honourable Discharge. London: HMSO. ISBN 011630958X. Lansdown, John R. P. (1997). With the Carriers in Korea: The Naval and Air War in SE Asia, 1950-1953.
Australia in the Korean War 1950–53: Combat Operations. Vol. II. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian War Memorial. ISBN 978-0-642-04330-6. Pears, Maurie (2007). Battlefield Korea: The Korean Battle Honours of the Royal Australian Regiment, 1950–1953. Loftus, New South Wales: Australian Military History Publications.