The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Operation "Kick off" was a multi-battalion search and destroy operation with United States and South Vietnamese units. The Australians were transported to the Plain of Reeds by armoured personnel carriers, then began their search of the area on foot through scrub, swamp land and leech infested rivers. The Plain of Reeds had been a Vietnamese stronghold but the area had not been entered by allied forces since June 1965. Many booby traps were encountered and rendered harmless. The operation yielded Viet Cong rice caches, weapons and documents; bunkers and weapons pits were destroyed and prisoners interrogated. Lance Corporal Alan Murphy of North Melborne is identified. Cameraman Sergeant M. Shannon.
Centurion tanks preceded soldiers of "D" Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment as they took part in a cordon and search mission covering a number of small hamlets and villages in Phuoc
Troops of the 5th Battalion RAR depart Baria aboard American Bell 'Iroquois' helicopters for an assault landing on a small island called Long Son off the coast of South Vietnam. The operation named '
Australian troops from 1RAR, detachment of 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse R.A.A.C., together with New Zealand artillery, several U.S. infantry battalions and Vietnamese units took part in a dr
This diorama portrays one type of 'cordon and search' operation conducted by Australians in South Vietnamese villages. Also shown is a form of Viet Cong tunnel system often encountered by Australians.
The Support Section of Bravo Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, is led by Corporal Graham Rae, of Moorabbin ,Victoria, which is currently taking part in "Operation Santa Fe" in the
Shortly before they left South Vietnam, elements of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, took part in a cordon and search operation covering several hamlets and villages in the Phuoc Tuy Prov