The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, January 1968. Sergeant Tom Birnie, Platoon Sergeant of 4 Platoon D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) and an unidentified soldier on patrol in typical jungle during Operation Coburg. Operation Coburg took the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) out of Phuoc Tuy to the border area between Bien Hoa and Long Khanh provinces to protect the Bien Hoa and Long Binh bases from Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese attack during the anticipated Tet Offensive. Sergeant Birnie served in Vietnam for a second time with 2RAR in 1970-71 and was accidentally shot by a sentry while re-entering his own platoon area after a reconnaissance patrol. He died of wounds at 1 Australian Field Hospital on 25 March 1971. (Colour version held as EKT/68/0083/VN)
Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. January 1968. Sergeant (Sgt) Tom Birnie (right), Platoon Sergeant of 4 Platoon, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) and an unidentified soldier on p
VIETNAM, 1968-02. A TACTICAL POSITION OCCUPIED BY 6 PLATOON, V COMPANY, A NEW ZEALAND COMPONENT OF THE ANZAC BATTALION, DURING OPERATION COBURG IN THE BORDER AREA OF BIEN HOA AND LONG KHANH PROVINCES,
VIETNAM, 1968-02. THE DEAD BODY OF A VIET CONG SOLDIER KILLED IN A CONTACT WITH 6 PLATOON, V COMPANY, A NEW ZEALAND COMPONENT OF THE ANZAC BATTALION, DURING OPERATION COBURG IN THE BORDER AREA OF BIEN
VIETNAM, 1968-01. THE DEAD BODY OF A VIET CONG SOLDIER KILLED IN A CONTACT WITH 6 PLATOON, V COMPANY, A NEW ZEALAND COMPONENT OF THE ANZAC BATTALION. THE CONTACT OCCURRED DURING OPERATION COBURG IN TH
VIETNAM, 1968-02. A VIET CONG CAMP THAT WAS ATTACKED BY V COMPANY, A NEW ZEALAND COMPONENT OF THE ANZAC BATTALION, DURING OPERATION COBURG IN THE BORDER AREA OF BIEN HOA AND LONG KHANH PROVINCES, TO T
South Vietnam. 1968-01. Probing the entrance of a Viet Cong tunnel complex is Sergeant Tom Birnie of Stafford Heights, Qld (left), while Private Stan Jaruga of Geelong, Vic, stands by. The complex was
