The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An unidentified soldier of the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), sits on top of overhead protection writing a letter. The curved corrugated iron is sand bagged and can be used to store equipment or rest under. Mortar boxes and webbing kits are stacked around the soldier, his M16A1 automatic rifle rests against a box at his feet and next to it is a helmet, inscribed 'South Australia, Hahndorf'.
Two unidentified soldiers of the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), rest in a bunker at Fire Support Base (FSB) Anne. One sits in a chair reading a book, his M16A1 automatic rifle re
A Bofors 40mm anti aircraft gun and a slit trench. Emplacements are sand - bagged for protection. In the foreground is an observer's position. The occupant left his steel helmet lying on the ground ou
An 81 mm mortar set up and waiting to be emplaced in a mortar pit at Fire Support Base (FSB) Maree/Marie, which is being established for operation Ivanhoe (19 September - 2 October 1971). In the backg
The dugout shelter, covered with a hootchie and occupied by Neil Ahern, of 102 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery. Visible at the front of the shelter is Ahern's rifle, and kit topped by his he
Two unidentified soldiers of the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), attending to an M113A1 armoured personnel carrier (APC). A T50 turret with a .30 calibre L3A3 Browning medium mach
An Australian soldier sits on a crate and is writing a letter. He is wearing a tin helmet and his kit and rifle are next to him. A second Australian soldier sits in the background holding his rifle.