The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
More than 300 hundred troops made a daylight raid on a mock native village near Holsworthy, NSW this week. The successful raid resulted in about 20 men representing communist terrorists being rounded up for interrogation after some were found hiding in underground tunnels and pits. The authentic village of 32 native-type huts made of jungle materials and mud walls was erected by members of the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. The raiding troops used tactics learnt in anti-terrorist campaigns in south East Asia. In the bush location complete with riverlet and bamboo bridges the village is designed to resemble the type found in delta areas of Asia. It will be used for training purposes for troops of Australia's field force. The first exercise in the village was watched by 53 officers from the Army's Staff College at Queenscliff Victoria. Among them were 21 officers from overseas countries. Commander of the 1st Division Major General I T Murdoch and his two deputies, Brigadiers A L Macdonald and C C Thomas watched the demonstration which was directed by the battalion commander Colonel C M I Pearson.
After an all night march through deep jungle, troops of 5th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, moved into position shortly after dawn to surround a Vietnamese Village. They were acting in co-op
During a recent operation in Vietnam, soldiers of the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, moved at night to surround a Viet Cong dominated village. The troops tied themselves together with ropes
Officers of the 5th Battalion RAR are briefed by their CO, Lieutenant Colonel J A Warr for an operation to cordon and search a village for suspect Viet Cong and their sympathisers. Troops disembark f
Split second timing is needed when troops go into action in Viet Nam, and many hours of planning and preparation often precede a battalion move. This scale model of a small village and its surrounding
After an all-night march through deep jungle, troops of 5 Battalion RAR moved into position shortly after dawn to surround the village of Binh Ba. Vietnamese National Police and Government Officials
Men of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, this week cordoned and searched the hamlet of Phu My, 15 miles north west of the Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat. During a screen of the
