The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
More than 500 members of the 7th Battalion arrived in South Vietnam aboard the troop-carrier, HMAS Sydney. The Sydney anchored off Vung Tau and the United States Army Chinook helicopters lifted the troops from the flight deck to task force HQ at Nui Dat. The Commander of the Australian Force in Vietnam Major General C Vincent flew from Saigon to greet the 7th Battalion CO Lieutenant Colonel Eric Smith and his men. The 7th Battalion relieved the 5th Battalion. As the 7th Battalion troops disembarked at Nui Dat, soldiers of the 5th Battalion were lining up to take their places on the helicopters for the first leg of their return to Australia. Identified personnel: Major General D Vincent, Lieutenant Colonel Eric Smith.
For the first time since 1953 in Korea, three Australian infantry battalions are again together on active service in the same operational are. In Korea the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions were briefly tog
One week after their arrival in Vietnam, troops of the 7th Battalion RAR were on patrol in the jungle north-west of Nui Dat. They were airlifted by American helicopters into the operational zone in wh
First elements of 7th Battalion RAR arrive at Luscombe airfield, Nui Dat from their former station, Puckapunyal, Victoria. They were ferried on the final leg of their journey from Saigon to Nui Dat by
One week after their arrival in Vietnam, troops of the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, went into action in jungle north west of Task Force base at Nui Dat. Swarms of American helicopters
Nui Dat: About 600 troops of Australia's 2nd Battalion, RAR, based at Enoggera, Queensland, arrived in Vietnam today on board the troop carrier HMAS Sydney to start a year's tour of operational duty.
Troops of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, this week boarded HMAS Sydney for their return from Vietnam. A year of continuous operations against the Viet Cong behind them, 7th Battalion ve
