The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Armoured Personnel Carriers from the 1st Aust Task Force in Vietnam thundered into the village of Xuyen Moc recently for a joint operation with Vietnamese forces. After the Commander of the APCs (A Sqn 3rd Cav) Capt D. Lawrence of Lakes Entrance, Vic, conferred with an American adviser to the Vietnamese force, the carriers travelled to their rendezvous where the Regional District Chief of Xuyen Moc, who, after a reconnaissance of the area in a helicopter of 161 Independent Recce Flight, conferred with Captain Lawrence. Following up fresh trails the APC's took the RF men to an enemy base camp where the enemy had fled, leaving a meal cooking on the fire. Here, Australian engineers of 1st Field Sqn, RAE, placed explosives to blow the small bunker system. This was the first of several minor successes for the operation which was the first in which Australian forces have supported a force commanded by a Vietnamese District Chief (Major Nguyen Van Que). (Also identified: US officer Capt Bob Boohar of Pennsylvania; Sapper Ray White of Oak Park, Vic; Trooper Norman J (Normie) Rowe; Sapper Rod Crane of Bindi Bindi, WA).
The Australian Army's Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Daly, returned home to Canberra today after his eighth visit to South Vietnam. During his five-day tour, Lieutenant-Gene
Australian troops in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, recently launched an operation with Vietnamese Regional and Popular Forces on a scale not previously attempted. In the operation this week, Aust
After more than six years of isolation and Viet Cong domination the garrison town of Xuyen Moc in Phuoc Tuy Province has relieved. The Commander of the 1st Australian Task Force, Brigadier Stuart Gra
Thua Tich, South Vietnam. 1969-06. The District Chief of Xuyen Moc, Major Le Van Que (left), and 235254 Captain (Capt) Tom Henry Arrowsmith of Campbelltown, NSW discuss the two successful actions of a
Xuyen Moc, South Vietnam. 1969-07. The District Chief, Major Le Van Que, discusses the pacification of his area with the Task Force Commander, Brigadier C. M. I. Pearson of Deakin, ACT (centre), and t
The seven-week marriage of an Australian infantry company with a Vietnamese battalion ends this week in a five-day operation in the hills north-west of the Task Force base at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy Prov
