The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TOWNSVILLE, QLD, C. 1970-03. THREE MEMBERS OF 8 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (2RAR), AT LAVARACK BARRACKS BEFORE THEY DEPARTED FOR VIETNAM. THEY ARE (LEFT TO RIGHT): DENNIS W. NEAL; DESMOND J. TULLY; PETER ('JACK') TREASE. NEAL AND TULLY WERE KILLED ON 1970-05-29 ON THEIR SECTION'S FIRST OPERATION, WHEN ANOTHER SECTION MEMBER TRIPPED ON A BOOBY TRAP AND SET OFF A VIET CONG (VC) MINE.
Informal portrait of three members of 8 Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), polishing their boots after being selected to do a royal guard of honour for the Queen
A VIET CONG BOOBY TRAP CONSISTING OF A GRENADE SET IN A ROAD AND TRIGGERED BY A STRING, FOUND BY MINE DETECTORS.
MEMBERS OF ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS DIG AROUND A VIET CONG BOOBY TRAP COMPRISING A GRENADE SET IN A ROAD AND TRIGGERED BY A STRING. IT WAS FOUND BY MINE DETECTORS.
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam, c. 1967-09. Corporal Trent Grall, Commander of 3 Section, Assault Pioneer Platoon, Support Company, the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), squatting outs
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, 1970-11. PETER ('JACK') TREASE, A MEMBER OF 8 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (2RAR), HELPING TO SALVAGE A SIOUX HELICOPTER OF NO. 161 REC
Needle pointed panji stakes - primitive, but deadly - were featured in a lecture on captured Viet Cong booby traps given by Sergeant Brett Hogen of Tocumwal, NSW, in training members of his Engineer S
