The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MEMBERS OF "A" COMPANY, 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), BURNING OFF GRASS NEAR THE COMPANY TENT LINES AT THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE BASE. THE BARE-CHESTED SOLDIER AT THE FRONT MAY BE CORPORAL "BLUE" BUCKLEY. THE SIGNS BEHIND HIM READ "WOOLGOOLGA CRESCENT", "A COMPANY IN" AND, TO THE RIGHT, "A COMPANY, 7BN ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT, FIRST OF THE LINE". NOTE THE HEAVY SANDBAGGING AROUND THE FOREMOST TENT, TO PROTECT IT AGAINST THE BLAST OF MORTAR SHELLS THAT MIGHT BE FIRED INTO THE BASE.
AN UNIDENTIFIED MEMBER OF "A" COMPANY, 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), STANDING BESIDE THE TENT OCCUPIED BY THE COMPANY COMMANDER, MAJOR E.J. ("JAKE") O'DONNELL, AT THE 1ST AUSTRA
MAJOR E.J. ("JAKE") O'DONNELL, COMPANY COMMANDER OF "A" COMPANY, 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), STANDING OUTSIDE HIS TENT AT THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE BASE. WALLS MADE OF SAN
Vietnam. 1965. A bare-chested Australian soldier mows the long grass with a motor mower near the tent lines of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR).
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965-08. A typical bare-chested Australian soldier from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), slashes grass with a machete.
SINGLETON, NSW. 1943-01. TWO BARE-CHESTED MEMBERS OF 2/2ND FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, WHO HAVE TAKEN PART IN AN EXPERIMENTAL GAS-SHELL SHOOT, BEING EXAMINED BY MAJOR F.S. (FREDDIE) GO
SINGLETON, NSW. 1943-01. BARE-CHESTED MEMBERS OF 2/2ND FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, WHO HAVE TAKEN PART IN AN EXPERIMENTAL GAS-SHELL SHOOT, BEING EXAMINED BY MAJOR F.S. (FREDDIE) GORRIL
