The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Viewed through the clear nose of a RAF Bristol 171 Sycamore helicopter is a small landing zone (LZ) where it will land to deliver men and supplies to 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR). The LZ measures just 40 yards by 30 yards in area and is 3600 feet above sea level on the side of a mountain in the Sungei Siput district, Perak. It was initially cleared by soldiers using machetes and axes, but proved to be too small, so special equipment including explosives were dropped in and the LZ was enlarged over a four day period. The small helicopters could then land safely with reinforcements and supplies which enabled 10 Pl to continue their chase of a group of Communist terrorists they had been pursuing for the last 12 days.
A view of the newly cleared Landing Zone (LZ) on the side of a mountain, 3600 feet above sea level in the Sungei Siput district, Perak. Seen through the windows of an approaching RAF Bristol 171 Sycam
Unidentified men of 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) (foreground), watch as other men rush in to unload supplies from a Bristol Sycamore helicopter. T
Private Doug Sawyer, of Willston Heights, Qld, 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), sits in the shadow of a RAF Bristol 171 Sycamore helicopter, resting
Informal portrait ofPrivate (Pte) Ray Hutchind, of Port Arlington, Vic, 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), who has been on the trail of a group of Comm
A RAF Bristol Sycamore light helicopter takes off, as it heads towards a small landing zone (LZ), seven miles away and 3600 feet above sea level in the mountains behind Sungei Siput. It is carrying r
3/7034 Lieutenant David Tonge, of Perth, WA (right), Commander, 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), confers with an unknown Sakai guide (left) who has b
