The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
During his current tour of South East Asia, the Australian Army's Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Sir John Wilton, stopped over in Borneo to visit the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, which is patrolling the Kalimantan-Sarawak border. After examining a newly completed airstrip at Bau, near the Battalion's headquarters, Sir John flew by helicopter, with another as escort, over the jungle and swamps to patrol bases near the border. On the way, the helicopters passed over Camp Cambrai, home of the 3rd Battalion headquarters. At one of the patrol bases, Sir John was given an outline of base defenses and troop activities by company commander, Major Euan Boyd, of Ivanhoe, Victoria. After inspecting other forward bases, he returned to Kuching to continue his tour. From Borneo, Sir John flew to Vietnam to visit Australian troops there. He will return to Australia via Manila, in the Philippines.
The Minister for the Army Dr A J Forbes, visited Australian troops in Sarawak during a recent tour of Malaya, Vietnam and Borneo. On arrival at a helipad a short distance from the headquarters of the
Australian troops on active service in Borneo are coming to grips with some of the toughest jungle country in South East Asia. Moving on foot and by helicopter the troops, members of 3rd Battalion, Th
In the clammy heat of the Borneo jungle, Australian infantrymen are settling down to routine border patrolling. They are troops of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, which moved into bo
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
Gunners of the 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, returned to Australia today (October 20) after a routine two year tour of duty in Malaysia. Here a section of the Battery at a patrol b
The Australian Army's Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Daly, returned home to Canberra today after his eighth visit to South Vietnam. During his five-day tour, Lieutenant-Gene
