The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
After days of searching through dense jungles in their quest for enemy camps and caches, members of D Company, 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, came across a river where they had their first good wash for several days. With patrols out ensuring the vicinity was clear of any enemy, soldiers of the company stripped off their sweat and dust stained clothes and entered the river for a swim. Within minutes, the soldiers were cleaned and the weariness of endless trudging through the jungle lifted in the cool waters of the stream. As a patrol moved across behind the washing troops, the short wash ended. Once again it was a time for donning their jungle green uniforms, hoisting on packs, picking up weapons and away to continue their relentless search for Viet Cong assets in the area. (Also identified: Private Derek Appleford of West Heidelberg, Vic).
Troops of the Pacific Islands Regiment have no need for artificial hazards to be written into their training programme. The natural jungle of Papua/ New Guinea and the fast-flowing, crocodile infested
Twisting for miles through the mangroves and open rice padi country in Vietnam, the Song Rai River, in the east of Phuoc Tuy province, was searched during Operation Portsea by soldiers of the Assault
The first heavy Australian tanks to be used in the Vietnam war have arrived at Nui Dat, Headquarters of 1st Australian Task Force in Phuoc Tuy Province. Equipment was checked, weapons were cleaned rea
Constant searching and patrolling of an area south-east of the Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat, Vietnam, certainly proved the fitness of Australian troops taking part in Operation Kenmore. From
The showground at Lae, New Guinea, has become the base of the 3rd Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment, which is currently on exercise in the jungles of Papua-New Guinea. Equipment and rations are p
Australian armoured personnel carriers and infantry soldiers on operations east of the 1st Australian Task Force base, at Nui Dat, last week destroyed crops discovered in secret jungle gardens. The cr
