The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
In the first Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat, Sergeant L Riley of Shorncliffe, QLD, guides trooper Keith Jones of Sydney as he brings an M113 armoured personnel carrier in for track repair. Trooper John Lazzaro changes the tracks in a few minutes. Trooper Ian Jones of Sydney adjusts new tracks and the APC moves off. Australian soldiers of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment have become experts in quickly repairing these vehicles.
The beach at Vung Tau on the south-east coast of Vietnam proved an ideal area to test the seaworthiness of Armoured Personnel Carriers of "A" Squadron of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment with the Australian T
During a reconnaissance along Route 328 in the Thua Tich area, north-east of Nui Dat, an armoured personnel carrier of A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, detonated an enemy mine. The armoured personnel
At the 1st Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat in South Vietnam, men regarded as "base Wallahs" are taking part in regular patrols around the Task Force area. The men, clerks, drivers, fork-lift ope
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
The banks of the Archer River about 40 miles north of Coen high up on the Kennedy Development road in the Cape York Peninsular and a brief stop-off for soldiers from the Townsville based "B" Squadron
A quiet, overcast morning greeted HMAS Sydney as she dropped anchor of the coast of Vung Tau, Vietnam, last week (Feb 3) with re-inforcements and ordnance supplies for the Australian Force in the thea
