The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Father Tom Shanahan, of Tamworth, New South Wales, a Chaplain with the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, takes it easy in a home made deckchair complete with "sun visor". He and other members of 7 RAR are playing the roles of enemy and villagers in Exercise RIFLE BIRD in the Army's Shoalwater Bay training area.
A "VILLAGER'S" work is never done, and carrying authenticity even to the home-made broom at the village of "Ap Giang" (Rasberry Vale) is Private Roger Fawns, of Guildford, New South Wales. Private Fa
Lance Corporal Laurie Connor, of Preston, Victoria, a member of the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, keeps radio tabs on activities from his "radio room" at "Ap Giang" (Rasberry Vale) during
Lance Corporal Trevor Skinner, of Redcliffe, Queensland, adds authenticity to Exercise RIFLE BIRD in the Army's Shoalwater Bay training area as he lods along a village street with his "how da". Lance
Getting the low-down on eating with chopsticks is Corporal Bert Pierce, right, of Midgee, a member of the Rockhampton Grammar School cadet unit. His tutors are Corporal Brien Richards, left, of Salis
Corporal Graham "Snow" Rae, of Irmingtion, New South Wales, may be the leader in the field of a new art form - ration tin lid etching. A member of the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, curren
Lance Corporal Graham Cockerell, of Mullumbimby, New South Wales, a member of 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, playing the part of a villager at Ap Giang (Raspberry Vale) drinks his coffe
