The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 their homes during Operation Ainslie.
The troops destroyed the old village after resettling villagers in new homes near the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat.
Xa Bang, South Vietnam. September 1967. Troops from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) check Vietnamese houses and prepare to take a census of inhabitants and their possessions in the
Two soldiers from the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) watch a deserted house as it is razed by flames during Operation Ainslie. The troops destroyed the old village after resettli
A Vietnamese woman stacks pumpkins at the village ready for transport to a new village built near the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base, Nui Dat. Villagers and their possessions were resettled in
Xa Bang, South Vietnam. September 1967. Sapper (Spr) Les Carruthers of Five Dock, NSW, uses a mine detector to search for booby traps that may have been left by the Viet Cong (VC) at the village. Spr
Vietnam. 1967-09. Two troopers ready to assist in moving a Vietnamese woman, and her crop of pumpkins, during Operation Ainslie a programme designed to destroy the Viet Cong's remaining logistic suppl
Vietnam. 1967-09. With the assistance of Private Geoff Brophy of East Victoria Park, WA, this Vietnamese woman moves her crop of pumpkins to a new village during Operation Ainslie, a programme designe
