The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Four members of 1 Platoon, A Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), about to move off from a secure area after taking a break during a patrol near the Kalimantan-Sarawak border. The section commander, Corporal (Cpl) Bingarape has just given the section's forward scout Private (Pte) McGrath a compass bearing and the general direction to follow. Pte McGrath has a 30 round magazine inserted into his 7.62 mm L1A1 self-loading rifle, (SLR), a practice adopted by many forward scouts. Left to right: 214035 Lance Corporal (LCpl) Harold James Spradbrow, second in charge of the section; 15634 Cpl Mial Bingarape, a Torres Strait Islander and the Section Commander; (standing) 16498 Private Arthur (Snoopy) Dennis; and Pte McGrath, the section's forward scout. LCpl Spradbrow and Pte Dennis both served with 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) in South Vietnam where Corporal Spradbrow was awared the Military Medal.
Three members from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), on the alert as they conduct an early morning patrol alongside a small stream. Identified, front to back: 2411349 Lance Corporal
Troop Commander 342755 Captain (Capt) Graham James Moon and other members of 1 Troop, 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) on operations in Phuoc Tuy Province. Capt Moon is armed with
Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Sarob Sambo, a Torres Strait Islander and ex paratrooper, of the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade. Originally a scout car gunner, patrolling 'black roads' and escorting vehicl
Group portrait of members of A Company, 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) at section outpost 'A'. From left to right: 214060 Lance Corporal Brian S Bigalow; Engill (a local Dyak trac
Group portrait of members of B Company, The 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR). Identified, left to right back row: Private (Pte) H R Williams; Pte Gillan; unidentified; Lance Corporal (L
Group portrait of members of B Company, The 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR). Identified, left to right back row: Private (Pte) H R Williams; Pte Gillan; unidentified; Lance Corporal (L