The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Far from the cold of an Australian winter a group of regular and citizen soldiers from Sydney, NSW and Melbourne, Vic based units, are working in the tropical heat of the north coast of Papua New Guinea. They are taking part in exercise Rausim Binatang, which means get rid of the flies, at Bogia, on the coast between Madang and Wewak. Soldiers from the regular army's 1st Field Hygiene Unit, based in the Sydney area, were the first in on May 8th and they will spend the whole of the six weeks exercise period in the Bogia area. Towards the end of the exercise (June 4-18) the Citizen Military Force soldiers from 3rd Field Hygiene Company at Melbourne, Vic, joined the regulars. The exercise has been planned to test the field skills of the soldiers but also to give valuable support to the public health programme of the Papua New Guinea Administration. All sections of the field hygiene units have been actively involved. In addition to carrying out health surveys on the people and their surrounds in the Josephstaal area, inland from Bogia, the soldiers have carried out malarial surveys, built a toilet block at the Josephstaal hospital, taken blood samples, carried out a malarial survey and done an assortment of civic action tasks. These include sinking wells, upgrading existing wells, giving technical advice to the villagers, and helping with a local library scheme. In Papua New Guinea, Australian soldiers...regular and citizen soldiers...sharpen their skills and give valuable assistance to village health schemes. Also identified: Captain Bill Crossman of Toowoomba, Qld, Adm Offr; Sergeant Craig Ramsden of Cabramatta, NSW, Ord Room Sgt 1 Fd Hygiene Coy; Corporal Ainui Fiunakot of New Ireland; Lieutenant Howard Wilkins of Forest Hill, Vic.
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Pacific Islands Regiment, moved into the field in a roar of live ammunition recently, for their annual exercise near Port Moresby. The soldiers are from Taurama Barr
Regular and Citizen Military Force soldiers on a supply exercise on the NSW north coast are using a fishing trawler and a RAAF Dakota to simulate the Maintenance of a 3000 man battle group. The 5 day
The Chief Minister of Papua New Guinea, Mr Michael Somare, yesterday (Sunday 17 September) visited the major Army exercise being conducted in the Huon Peninsula area of Papua New Guinea. It is believe
Senior Indonesian Army officers currently visiting Australia, this week gained first-hand knowledge of how the Australian Army operates in the field. The twenty officers from all arms of the Indonesia
Nine hundred crack commando and infantry troops are taking part in a realistic commando type exercise in the rugged Kimberley region in the north west of Western Australia. The exercise - Appian Way -
Townsville, 22 October 1973: The first phase of Exercise Temple Tower ended near Townsville today when soldiers of the Papua New Guinea-based 1st Battalion, The Pacific Islands Regiment, joined in a b
