The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Veterans of the 5th Battalion RAR have completed their last operational patrol after twelve months active service in Vietnam and have been relieved by the 7th Battalion RAR. The occasion touched off an unrehearsed ceremony when the battalion band met members of 'B' Company as they returned to unit lines at Nui Dat. Other members of the unit together with members of the newly arrived 7th Battalion lined the route and presented arms as the returning patrol passed. Later the 5th Battalion flag was lowered for the last time. 2nd Lieutenant O'Dea is identified.
Battle toughened veterans of the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, have completed their last operational patrol after 12 months active service duty in Vietnam. The occasion touched off an unre
The last patrol against Viet Cong by 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, returned to base here this week to be led in by the Band and cheered along the route by officers and men. The patrol marc
6th Battalion RAR completed a year of operational duty in Vietnam with a one-day search and destroy patrol by 'B' Company; the company was ferried into the patrol area by armoured personnel carriers o
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 t
A weekend in Vietnam is just business as usual for troops of the 1st Australian Task Force, which is based at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy Province. The Officer Commanding 'Bravo' Company, 7th Battalion, The
In a brief early morning ceremony at Nui Dat this week Vietnam veterans of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, handed over their responsibilities to the men of the 5th Battalion. The handove
