The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Xa Bang, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 1967-08. Members of Assault Pioneer Platoon, Support Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), take a break during Operation Ainslie. With them on the side of the road they have their cased mine detectors. The men provided protection to the villagers of Xa Bang as they were moved to a newly constructed hamlet, Ap Suoi Nghe, north of Nui Dat. The group includes Private (Pte) Les Deeble, Pte Tony Cocodis, Pte Colin Dudley and Pte `Bluey' Moore.
Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1967-10. Aerial view of the newly constructed relocation village, near Xa Bang, north of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat, before occupation. 1ATF buil
Soldiers laying M16 (jumping jack) anti-personnel mines inside the wire perimeter of the defensive barbed wire barrier built to protect the Vietnamese Regional Forces (RF) Company outpost at Ap Suoi N
AP SUOI NGHE, PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, C. 1967-09. THREE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS, PROBABLY MEMBERS OF 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), STANDING ON THE ROAD IN FRONT OF A HALF-BUILT
Xa Bang, South Vietnam. September 1967. A soldier from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) helps Vietnamese villagers to remove personal effects and pumpkins before they evacuated thei
COMPANY COMMANDER AND NCOS OF 626 REGIONAL FORCES COMPANY WITH A TEACHER FROM AP SUOI NGHE HAMLET ON THE BEACH.
AP SUOI NGHE, PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, C. 1967-09. HOUSES IN VARIOUS STAGES OF COMPLETION STRUNG OUT ALONG A ROAD IN THE RESETTLEMENT VILLAGE THAT THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE WAS ESTABLISHING FO
