The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Members of the Pacific Islands Regiment are lectured on the mosquito by Sergeant Charles Corbett of Holsworthy NSW. Cut away - member of Pacific Islands Regiment. Close up of Sergeant Corbett. Chart showing life cycle of mosquito. Collection Party move into a jungle swamp to collect larvae. Private Wittmer of West Heidleberg, Victoria and Private Connolly of Toowoomba QLD, start collecting larvae. Close up of ladle. Corporal Otto deGrancy of Glenelg, SA and Private Wittmer collect larvae. Two soldiers in jungle collecting samples. Sergeant Jim Duck of Bassendean WA collects mosquitoes off Lance Corporal Charlton of Blacksmith Newcastle NSW. Mosquito being placed in bottle. Native village. Cut away - Native baby. Private Hearne, of Warrambool, VIC and Lieutenant Galvin of Eden Hill WA take blood slides from the villagers. Close up of slide. Cut away - Native girl. Corporal Peter Foxwell of Townsville, QLD, examines slides taken from the native villagers. Major Alan Pritchard, of Cronulla NSW, prepares mosquitoes for laboratory tests. Close up of Major Pritchard's hands. Private Bill Bostock of Clontarf Beach QLD, examines a mosquito under the microscope. Bostock's hands adjusting specimen. Lance Corporal Jim Stott of South Plympton, SA, examines larvae under a microscope. Stott draws enlarged sections of larvae. Stott further examines the larvae under the microscope.
A group of Singapore-based Australian soldiers recently triumphed over the unpredictable Endau River...a muddy, sluggish artery which winds through southern West Malaysia. The soldiers, from Support C
Patrol moves down track and into jungle, led by Private "Snow" Demaniel, of Scarborough W.A. Camera follows patrol into jungle. Patrol cross track into cover. Men move across fallen tree. Patrol leade
Continuation of Operation Ainslie. Shows the new village sign. Two local girls chat with the new village in the background. Vietnamese moving into their new homes. Australian soldiers buy soft drinks
Continuation of Sgt Mike Colderidge's colour coverage of Operation Ainslie. To deny the Viet Cong supplies Vietnamese families were resettled to the new village of Ap Suoi Nghe. Sgt Colderidge person
At first sight, just a peaceful South East Asian village...villagers at prayers in the temple, a group gossiping outside...but the army boots give the scene away. So do the faces...faces like that of
Australian soldiers in Saigon are great favourities of young Vietnamese children and conversely, the children are favourities of the Diggers. Her a group of soldiers is taking nine children on a visit
