The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Under the watchful eye of Warrant Officer James, RAA, the 105th Field Battery, RAA, prepare guns and 105mm ammunition for a shoot in support of 1st Battalion, RAR aiming posts are assembled and positioned; Howitzers are sighted. This completed, the first shell is rammed into the breech. The order to fire is given by Captain Peter Treleaven and the crews go into action. The target area was later used by members of 1RAR as a landing zone. Sergeant Merv Dux of Enfield is also identified.
During this action the gunners of the 1st Field Regiment RAA, were transported into action with their 105mm pack Howitzers in M113 APC's to support infantrymen of the 5th Battalion RAR, in search and
In Vietnam soldiers of the 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, were strung out recently along twelve miles of highway linking Vung Tau with Saigon, to protect hundreds of American vehicles rollin
Series of questions relating to artillery in Vietnam posed to Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Beck Commanding Officer 1 Field Regiment by Directorate of Public Relations journalist Captain Derek Roylance. (L
Australians are not the only troops in Borneo to receive support from Australian artillery. When this Gurkha patrol moved out to patrol the Sarawak-Kalimantan border, it was accompanied by a Foward O
Australian gunners have proved the versatility of the 105 millimetre pack howitzer in action against the Viet Cong in Viet Nam. Usually the guns are transported into action by vehicle or ferried in by
In the recent 'Operation Paddington' in Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam, the 105 millimetre towed howitzers gave invaluable artillery support. Officers and troops of Australia's 108th Field Battery, 4th F
