The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 John Todd of Williamstown, Vic, stands guard. The villagers were evacuated to an 'instant village' built by Australian troops near the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base, before the old VC dominated village was destroyed during Operation Ainslie.
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
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
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
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
Fire Support Base (FSB) Alanbrooke, South Vietnam. 1967-08. An Australian Field Artillery Battery firing a salvo from its 105mm M2A1 guns at dusk during Operation Ainslie. Note the Landrover and trail
Phuoc Hai, South Vietnam. 26 August 1967. Troops of 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) move into the fishing village during Operation Ulmarra before searching it for evidence of Viet Cong (VC) activity.
