The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An M125A1 Mortar Carrier, callsign 83Alpha, still burning after it was recovered from in front of an enemy defended position in the Long Hais. During the earlier attack, as part of Operation HAMMERSLEY, the vehicle was hit by three RPGs and soon after set on fire by a satchel charge. While the infantry passengers were able to be rescued, both the crew commander, Lance Corporal Barry Whiston and driver, Trooper Hugh Carlyle were killed in action. Those involved in rescuing the wounded infantry, Corporal Ron Macey (3 Cav) and Lance Corporal Barry Coe (8RAR), were each awarded the Military Medal (MM) for their bravery.
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. April 1970. Military Medal winner Corporal (Cpl) Barry Coe of Penrith, NSW, is given his ribbon by the quartermaster of C Company, the 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regim
Two Australian soldiers who braved heavy enemy fire to rescue five mates trapped in a blazing armoured personnel carrier in South Vietnam, were recently awarded the Military Medal for bravery. One of
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-11. RESCUED BY A PATROL OF A COMPANY, 42 INFANTRY BATTALION, AFTER SPENDING THREE NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE, PILOT OFFICER D.H. TRIM, ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE (1), HOLDING A MAE WE
Sapper Colin Heley of Liverpool, NSW, an engineer from the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), holding a dagger and a flashlight, clambers out of a cave in the Long Hai mountains aft
Emirau Island. Group portrait of some of the passengers and crew who had been cast away on Emirau Island in The Bismarck Archipelago after their merchant ships were sunk by German raiders Komet and Or
EMIRAU ISLAND. GROUP PORTRAIT OF SOME OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW WHO HAD BEEN CAST AWAY ON EMIRAU ISLAND IN THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO AFTER THEIR MERCHANT SHIPS WERE SUNK BY GERMAN RAIDERS KOMET AND OR
