The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
It was canvas accommodation for members of the Australian Task Force's Tactical Headquarters when it moved into the field on Operation Kenmore in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. On the spot, a compact staff solved knotty problems for units operating in the Ho Tram Cape area, 18 miles north-east of Task Force base at Nui Dat. The headquarters logged Viet Cong movements and secret caches found in the VC supply area by searching troops, and issued new orders. At times artillery was used to assist the searchers, helicopters used to move in fresh stores and supplies, and move out captured documents and equipment. For Brigadier Stuart Graham, it was his last operation after 12 months as Task Force Commander. After a flight over the area he returned to the headquarters with Commander of 4th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, Lieutenant-Colonel Reg Gardiner of Sefton Park, Brisbane, Qld. To assist in moving men and equipment from the operational area the Army's medium landing ship, Vernon Sturdee, was called in. It moved troops and equipment back to the Australian Logistic Support Group base at Vung Tau. An Army Sioux helicopter buzzed the landing ship as it moved into the beach. Captain Norm Uniacke of Dandenong, Vic, on the left, and RSM WO1 Max Almond of Wacol, Qld, both of 4th Field Regiment, watched the ship beached. A signalman kept in contact with the ship during loading operations. Other soldiers watched the ship berth, but till it was ready for loading football fans decided to have some practice on the beach. Finally troops moved through low surf, and armoured personnel carriers from 'A' Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, crawled into mouth of ship. Troops unloaded salvage from carriers into cargo nets strung along the sides of the deck. Vernon Sturdee then headed for Vung Tau and rounded Cap Saint Jacques.
An area secured by troops of 'B' Company of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, south east of the Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat, Vietnam, provided a safe landing zone for helicopters
The beach at Vung Tau on the south-east coast of Vietnam proved an ideal area to test the seaworthiness of Armoured Personnel Carriers of "A" Squadron of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment with the Australian T
A major step in the withdrawal of Australian troops from South Vietnam was completed last weekend with the movement of the Headquarters, 1st Australian Task Force, from its former base at Nui Dat to t
Shortly before they left South Vietnam, elements of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, took part in a cordon and search operation covering several hamlets and villages in the Phuoc Tuy Prov
Troops of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, this week returned to Bien Hoa Province to join Allied units in the search for enemy troops who may be attempting to set up rocket and mortar ba
In Vietnam, the battle of Nui Dat [sic.] (Long Tan) in which soldiers of Delta Company of the Sixth Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, fought an epic stand against a hard core communist battalion,
