The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vietnam. 1967. Routine check at a road block position by troops of 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), outside their base area. Lance Corporal Robert Slater of Holsworthy, NSW, checks through a wagon load of rubber tree logs drawn by two bullocks, while Private John Tierney of Kalgoorlie, WA, stands ready on the road. Scores of Vietnamese bullock wagons and vehicles are checked every day on the road which runs past the Australian Task Force base. Private Peter Gervinski of Geelong, Vic (left), and Private Frank Grigonis of Melbourne stand ready with a .50 calibre machine gun.
Vietnam. 1967. At a road block check point near the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR). Private John Tierney of Kalgoorlie, WA, reaches up to check a bullock cart load. Standing by is
Vietnam. 1967. A road block check opposite the base area of 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), is being made by Lance Corporal Robert Slater of Holsworthy, NSW. All vehicle loads are
Vietnam. 1967. On top of Nui Dat hill, the highest point in the Australian Task Force area, Private Peter Cervinski of Geelong, Vic, a soldier of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR
Vietnam. 1967. Private Dan Cross of Warialda, NSW (right), listens as a Vietnamese interpreter explains the complaints of a farmer's wife at a road check position near the Australian Task Force base.
Vietnam. 1967. 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), soldiers collect gear and check weapons as they leave armoured personnel carriers which took them into jungle south of their base du
Vietnam. 1967. Ready for the big pull. Australian Army dentist, Captain Peter Hoggart of Mt. Waverley, Vic, gets rid of a toothache for this boy in a refugee village near the Australian Task Force bas
