The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A week after the start of the fires in Tasmania, isolated pockets of flame continue the pattern of destruction in the Hobart area. But with the fire fighters now moulded into experienced teams and in constant radio contact with a central control station at Anglesea Barracks, the fires are being quickly brought under control. The teams are on 24 hour standby, ready to move immediately a message of distress is received. The massive task of salvage and clearing of debris from the devastated areas will continue for weeks. Many residents are seeing the remains of their homes for the first time as Army relief workers arrive to clear the properties. The ruins are filled with reminders of family comforts, toys, and treasured possessions - even a World War 2 German Machine gun. Most of the material is beyond repair and is dumped by convoys of civilian and Army trucks. The Minister for the Army, Mr Malcolm Fraser, visited the area yesterday and saw Army personnel who have been on duty since the emergency began, clearing a property of twisted and burnt corrugated iron sheets. Mr Fraser said that the Army would continue giving all assistance for as long as it was needed.
Recruits at the Army's 1st Recruit Training Battalion at Kapooka, near Wagga, NSW, received two distinguished visitors yesterday. A visit to the establishment by the new Minister for the Army, Mr Malc
In Canberra, the Minister for the Army, Mr Phillip Lynch, yesterday received a cheque for $800 from Mr Peter Frankel, Chairman of the Defend Australia Committee. The cheque brought the total amount ra
Regular Army and CMF soldiers have air-dropped more than 40,000 bales of hay to stock, stranded in flooded areas, west of Moree, since the beginning of last month. The soldiers involved in the operati
During a tour of Army establishments in Papua New Guinea this week, the Minister for the Army, Mr Malcolm Fraser, stopped off at Goroka, in the Eastern Highlands, to meet members of a local detachment
At Taurama Barracks, Port Moresby, home of 1st Battalion, The Pacific Islands Regiment, the Minister for the Army, Mr Malcolm Fraser, on Monday presented a pipe banner as a personal gift to the pipes
Army Minister, Mr Malcolm Fraser, during his visit to Vietnam inspected elements of the Australian Training Team at Da Nang. He arrived at Da Nang by Caribou aircraft and at the Vietnamese headquarter
