The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Troops of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, this week boarded HMAS Sydney for their return from Vietnam. A year of continuous operations against the Viet Cong behind them, 7th Battalion veterans were flown in Chinook helicopters from their heli-pad at Nui Dat to the troopship, anchored off Vung Tau Peninsula. For the soldiers on their way home, it was the end of a long, arduous, and often dangerous year fighting the enemy in rice paddi and jungle, mainly in the west of Phuoc Tuy Province. Before their departure a memorial service was held for the 16 soldiers of the Battalion, who were killed in action against the Viet Cong. Wreaths were laid by their comrades, and 7th Battalion's Chaplain, 532154 Keith Patrick Teefey, led the diggers in prayer. Replacing 7th Battalion is the 3rd Battalion, which is now picking up the threads of Australian operations in Phuoc Tuy Province. Helicopters returning to shore, took members of 3rd Battalion to their new home. The Commanding Officer of 3rd Battalion is Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Scott (right of picture) seen here talking with one of his officers. HMAS Sydney will return to Sydney via Perth, where Western Australian diggers will off load. The remaining soldiers will go to Holsworthy, Sydney, NSW - their home base - before taking some well deserved leave.
Australian troops who have spent the last 12 months in Vietnam are on their way home. Gunners of 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, paraded for the last time at Nui Dat to be farewelled a
For the first time since 1953 in Korea, three Australian infantry battalions are again together on active service in the same operational are. In Korea the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions were briefly tog
The 6th Battalion RAR spearheaded the operation aimed at sweeping the Viet Cong from one of its last remanining strongholds in Phuoc Tuy Province. Boarding helicopters at Luscombe airfield the Austra
Soldiers of the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment this week handed over their operational commitment in Vietnam to incoming troops of the 3rd Battalion. From widely scattered areas of Phuoc Tuy
Fresh back from their first operation in South Vietnam soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, this week relaxed at Nui Dat with entertainment by a Sydney concert party. There were n
The 7th Battalion RAR troops are ferried by RAAF Iroquois helicopters from Luscombe Field to a sandy landing zone in Phuoc Tuy Province on the coast near the South China Sea. Troops moved in to set up
