The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NUI DAT, VIETNAM. 1968-08-17. WITH A CRICKET BAT IN FULL SWING IS GUNNER GARRY BESTER OF MELBOURNE, VIC, A MEMBER OF THE 131ST DIVISIONAL LOCATIONAL BATTERY, PLAYING CRICKET AGAINST 12TH FIELD REGIMENT LIGHT AID DETACHMENT (LAD). THE REGIMENT'S WICKETKEEPER IS NEW ZEALANDER, LANCE CORPORAL JAY HOWARD.
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Corporal Eric Kistensen of Tauranga, NZ, test fires an M60 machine gun into a test firing pit. He is a member of the 12th Field Artillery Regiment's Light Aid Detachme
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Craftsman Sid Angelopoulos of Kensington, NSW (right), completes a large drawing of the mascot of the 12th Field Regiment's Light Aid Detachment (LAD), Beatnik (Crafts
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Sergeant John Brankstone of Holsworthy, NSW, (in a go-kart) speaks with Sergeant Jock Gemell of Holsworthy (in a truck). Both are members of the 12th Field Regiment's
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-07. Smith's Camera on Vietnam, a weekly page of photographs from Smith's Weekly, receives a place of honour among the pin up girls on the notice board at 12th Field Regime
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-09. Sergeant Athol Bevis of Yarraville, Vic, under a jacked up vehicle as he checks its exhaust system. He is a member of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) L
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-09. Sergeant Alex Oschmanns of Windsor Gardens, SA, checking an M16 rifle to make sure it is in perfect working order. He is an armourer with the 1st Australian
