The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian troops have embarked on the troop carrier HMAS Sydney in Wewak Harbour, New Guinea. They were completing the final phase of Exercise 'Sprinkler Two' which began on November 13. They are now ready to leave for Australia. Hundreds of natives watched the loading operations in which amphibious vessels (DUKWS & LARC) were used to carry troops and equipment to the ship. The combat element of the Sprinkler Force was provided by a company of the 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Among these soldiers were 50 National Servicemen who were completing their first service outside mainland Australia since the training scheme in July this year. Members of the logistic support element, who were also part of the Force, manned the beach head. Heavy rain commenced soon after the operation began but loading went on as scheduled with soldiers moving away from the port while fork lifts an cranes loaded vessels in a continual shuttle service to the ship. The troops filed up the gangway and formed a human chain to move their weapons and equipment aboard. At the same time cranes lifted the stores onto the flight deck. After stowing their personal gear most of the soldiers got to know their new surroundings. They were quick to get up on deck. There they watched the completion of the loading and waved farewell to New Guinea. HMAS Sydney is due to return to Sydney on Wednesday 8 December.
Members of the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment have left Sydney to join American and South Vietnamese forces fighting the Viet Cong in Vietnam. The troops paraded at Holsworthy Camp before le
Australian troops who have spent the last 12 months in Vietnam are on their way home. Gunners of 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, paraded for the last time at Nui Dat to be farewelled a
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Pacific Islands Regiment, moved into the field in a roar of live ammunition recently, for their annual exercise near Port Moresby. The soldiers are from Taurama Barr
Far from the cold of an Australian winter a group of regular and citizen soldiers from Sydney, NSW and Melbourne, Vic based units, are working in the tropical heat of the north coast of Papua New Guin
Fifty young National Servicemen are carrying out jungle training in New Guinea as part of Army 'Exercise Sprinkler Two'. They are getting some of their most valuable training since they joined the Ar
Armoured personnel carriers from 'A' Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, checked jungle verges along the South China Sea on Operation Kenmore in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. Carrying members of the
