The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of the Parachute Training Flight , 129/71 Basic Para Course. Front row (left to right): Corporal (Cpl) M Webb; Cpl R Thornton; 54190 Sergeant (Sgt) Ian Mervyn Merrilees, who served in South Vietnam with 2nd Field Ambulance from 1966-1967; 3791321 Lieutenant (Lt) David Ronald Chitty, who served in South Vietnam with 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), from 1970-1971 and with Head Quarters 1 Australian Task Force also in 1971; Lt C Lee; 28662 Warrant Officer 2 (WO2) James Lawrence Thorburn, who served in South Vietnam with 3 Squadron, Special Air Service (3Sqn SAS) from 1966-1967 and later with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV), during 1972. He was Mentioned in despatches on 1 June 1967; Sgt Colelough; WO2 M Griffiths; Major (Maj) G Burness; 51316 Captain Herbert Douglas Cliveley, who served in Korea as a Sgt with 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), from 1953-1954 and later in South Vietnam with the AATTV from 1963-1964 and 7RAR from 1967-1968; 53151 Sgt Lawrence Edmund Fraser, who served as a Lance Corporal during the Malayan Emergency with 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), from 1957-1959. He also served in North Borneo during the Indonesian Confrontation with 2 Squadron Special Air Service (2Sqn SAS) during 1966. He also served in South Vietnam with 1 Squadron Special Air Service (1Sqn SAS) from 1967-1968 and again with 1Sqn SAS from 1970-1971; WO2 F Huntley; 57068 Maj (Later Brigadier) Rodney Gerald Curtis, who served as Officer Commanding 9 Platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) in Sarawak in 1966 and was awarded the Military Cross on 16 May 1967, for his actions during a cross border (Claret) operation during an ambush against members of the Indonesian Army Para Commando Regiment, RPKAD (Resimen Para Komando Angkatan Darat), on 15 June 1966. He also served in South Vietnam with 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR), from 1968-1969; 57096 Lt Bruce George Wallis, who served with 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit (1 ARU) in 1970 and with 7RAR, from 1970-1971 and again with 1 ARU in 1971; 54631 Signaller, Sgt Eric Thomas Smith, who served in South Vietnam with 557th Signal Troop in 1967 and later with the 110th Signal Squadron from 1967-1968; 1731462 Cpl Desmond Walter Leeson, who served in South Vietnam with 7RAR, in 1967. Centre row (left to right): Private (Pte) R Beattie; Pte D Day; Pte R Harrington; Signaller, Pte L Grime; Pte D Chaytor; Cpl J McCabe; Pte K Fuller; 217457 Pte Terence Wemyss Flynn, who served in South Vietnam with 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), from 1968-1969; Pte M Gartner; Pte R Sainsbury; Pte R Bird; Signaller, Pte H L Hart; Pte B Greenfield; Pte J McMaster; Pte K Smith; Signaller, Pte R Baines; Pte B R Moore; 38900 Pte James Matthew Kerr, who served in South Vietnam with 3RAR from 1967-1968. Back row (left to right): Pte H Jackson; Pte G Morrow; Pte G Esmonoe; Pte V Binding; Pte P Tjerkstra; Pte M Mellowship; Pte B Barnes; Pte F Muhling; Pte S Bradshaw; Pte J Allen; Pte K Jamieson; Pte R Sutherland; Cpl P Harris; Pte J J Smith; Pte D Hartwig; Pte L Lawrence; Pte J D Percy.
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. C. 1945-08. AFTER TORRENTIAL RAIN LABUAN ROADS HAVE MANY TRAPS LIKE THIS ONE. MANHANDLING THE BOGGED JEEP ARE NEW SOUTH WALES MEMBERS OF NO. 1 (MOSQUITO) SQUADRON RAAF. LEFT TO R
SAIGON, VIETNAM. 1968-05. WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2 (WO2) DANNY NEVILLE, DCM OF SYDNEY, NSW, ABOUT TO GO ON REST AND RECREATION (R&R) LEAVE. BETWEEN 1963 AND 1971 WO2 NEVILLE SERVED FIVE YEARS IN VIETNA
Portrait of the Platoon Commander and Non Commissioned Officers of 9 Platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) at the forward Company base at Bokah, Sarawak. Back row fro
Group portrait of men from 9 Platoon (9 Pl), C Company (C Coy), 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), on Operation Claret. Identified from left are British Lieutenant (Lieut), Brian Wi
Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Danny Neville, DCM of Sydney, NSW, about to go on rest and recreation (R&R) leave. Between 1963 and 1971 WO2 Neville served five years in Vietnam, four in the Australian
Group portrait of the officers of, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), at Terendak Barracks., These officers served in Sarawak, North Borneo in 1966 during the Indonesian Confrontatio
Portrait of two Australian soldiers attached to the tracking team, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), with their black Labrador tracking dogs. Identified left to right: 1411134 Priva
