The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Salisbury, South Australia, and Corporal Peter Hope of Dongers, Western Australia, both members of the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment who are playing the part of enemy and villagers on exercise RIFLE BIRD in the Army's Shoalwater Bay training area. Twenty-three Rockhamption and Yeppoon School Cadets took part in the exercise as village children.
Getting the low-down on eating with chopsticks is Cadet David Manttan, left, of Blackall, Queensland, from the Rockhampton Grammar School Cadet unit. His tutors are Private Peter Preston of Guildford
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. September 1968. Not a scene from Vietnam, but a village being kept under close guard during cordon and search operations by the 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR)
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. September 1968. Villagers are brought in under guard for questioning after the cordon and search of Ap Giang (Raspberry Vale) during Exercise Riflebird by 9th Battalion, The Royal
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
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
