The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
In South Vietnam, soldiers of the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, have uncovered and destroyed a secret enemy command bunker system. The bunkers, virtually invisible from the air, were in thick jungle north of Xuyen Moc, in the east of Phuoc Tuy Province. The system had been used in recent days and documents found indicated that the command element of D445 Battalion had been using the hideout. D445 Battalion is a long-time foe of the 1st Australian Task Force, and the Diggers have clashed with it many times over the past four years. There were also indictions that enemy wounded were brought to the bunkers after a costly-clash with Australian troops in an ambush on December 31, in which 21 enemy died. Sappers got to work immediately with plastic explosives to destroy the bunkers, which were in excellent condition and had taken many man-hours to build. Although no important supplies were left by the enemy, the destruction of yet another of their secret hideouts keeps the battalion on the move, further fragmenting it and deceasing its potential to launch any offensive. Also identified: Sapper (Spr) Eric Thompson of Umina, NSW; Spr Mick Bergin of Cannegi, Vic; Private (Pte) Ali Cooper of Fairfield, NSW; 2412127 Sergeant Graham Leslie Griffiths of Mona Vale, NSW; 218753 Pte Clifford Arnold (Cliff) Morrow of Greys Point, NSW; Pte Kevin Dobbins of Newport, Vic.
Australian troops in Vietnam returned on Saturday to the scene of Wednesday's battle - the biggest for six months - to sweep the area. For two days the area had been plastered with artillery and air s
Australian troops in Vietnam are again using a special technique to deny the Viet Cong bunker complexes after they have been discovered. Each bunker is seeded with CS2 Crystals which makes them uninha
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Australian Army engineers moved into the first operation, Operation Enoggera, carried out by the Sixth Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, in the fourth wee
Australian infantry soldiers on a special short operation in Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam, have found three large permanent rest and recreation villages and staging areas in the east as well as a nine-
Operation Darwin, the second search and destroy operation in Viet Nam for troops of the Second Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, resulted in three enemy bunkers being destroyed and an old base cam
