The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Story line of 5th Battalion RAR in Vietnam for Pat Burgess ABC TDT programme. Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, who arrived in Vietnam a few weeks ago, continue with their job of searching out Viet Cong on operations in Phuoc Tuy Province. In this company, the officer in command, Major Paul Greenhaig, briefs his officers before the company moves out into dense scrub in the never ending game of deadly hide and seek. Before they move the troops break camp, stow their gear and pack rations. They check weapons and ammunition then swing up the 50lb packs. Essential unit records are completed by company Sergeant Major Don McGregor, of Holsworthy, before the move. In the field, the terrain changes from open paddy to banana plantations and scrub. Some areas are so thick soldiers could pass within feet of an enemy and not see him. There is no talking on patrol except for a few brief whispers. Communication is mostly by hand sign or very faint brief whistles. The pace is not fast and the watch continual. The ground is searched for booby traps and every bush is peered at for the hidden enemy.
A month long Army exercise involving troops from Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand ended in North Queensland this week. For many of the New Zealanders it was their first training in rainfore
At dawn in Vietnam, 16 American helicopters arrived at the Australian Task Force base airstrip to fly out troops of 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment on a search and destroy operation. Army
Soldiers of the 5th Battalion RAR are briefed for a patrol. C of E Chaplain conducts a brief field service. The troops break camp, pack equipment and move off on a patrol in the Phouc Tuy Province, no
For Australian troops in South Vietnam, the continuous search for the enemy is not all weary slogging through rain sodden jungle. These troops of the 2nd Australian and New Zealand Anzac Battalion wit
Australian troops inflicted heavy casualties on an estimated force of two North Vietnamese battalions early this week when the enemy tried to overrun Australian Fire Support Base Balmoral in Bien Hoa
Raspberry Creek: Bone-weary, dirty and grimm assault pioneers of 6 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment after a 28 hour foot-slog through "enemy" held territory at Shoalwater Bay raced against tim
