The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
With fingers on the triggers of their weapons, members of D Company, 6RAR, make their way warily on patrol through thick jungle at the start of Operation Portsea. The soldier (second from left) is a Vietnamese Bushman Scout.
With fingers on the triggers of their weapons, a patrol from 7RAR emerges in single file from the jungle and makes its way warily across an open sandy area. The men are taking part in an operation in
Members of a patrol from 7RAR look around warily and keep fingers on the triggers of their rifles as they cross a clearing and re-enter the jungle. The men are taking part in an operation in the south
With fingers on the triggers of their L1A1 Self Loading Rifles (SLRs), three members of A Company, 7RAR, set off on patrol at the start of Operation Finschhafen. The men have just disembarked from the
With fingers on the triggers of their weapons, members of 5 Platoon, B Company, 2RAR/NZ, move warily across an open space on the western outskirts of the village of Hoa Long. The men are taking part i
A crude timber hut or shelter (left) that forms part of a small Viet Cong camp stands in thick jungle. The camp has just been discovered by members of D Company, 6RAR (right), during Operation Portsea
Moving through mangrove swamps along a tributary of the Song Rai River, members of A Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), pick their way between tree roots on Operation Portse
