The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified men of 9 Platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), wait to board a RAF Whirlwind helicopter that is landing on the helipad at the company forward base at Bokah. The men will be flown and inserted into an area near the border where they will begin their Claret (cross border) patrol operation. In the foreground is a Bowen bunker, clad with corrugated steel sheets and supported by sandbags plus a number of 44 gallon drums containing aviation fuel.
Seen from behind, a group of unidentified soldiers from 9 Platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), conducting a Claret (cross border) patrol as they pass through a Chin
A camouflaged, Royal Air Force, Westland Whirlwind helicopter (XP330) carrying Australian soldiers from 2 Squadron, Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment. The men are being inserted in a border area to c
View of a Bowen bunker at C Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), forward base at Bokah. These bunkers were designed to accommodate a section of nine infantry men and if necess
Portrait of Signaller 18276 Private (Pte) John Frederick Young, 9 Platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), adjusting his American made AN/PRC-10 wireless set whilst und
An RAF Westland Whirlwind helicopter on the helipad at the company base at Gumbang occupied by A Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) between April and September 1966. This ai
An aerial view of the company base at Gumbang occupied by A Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) between April and September 1966. This photograph was probably taken looking th
