The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Using a felled tree as a bridge and holding a wire rope strung across the river, an unidentified member of 7 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), negotiates a crossing of the Song Rai during Operation Santa Fe, a multi-brigade search and destroy operation aimed at clearing the enemy out of their base and logistics areas in the Thua Tich and May Tao regions. The soldier is carrying a full patrol kit with an ammunition belt slung across his shoulder and an M60 machine gun under his arm.
A soldier nicknamed 'Pepi' cleans his rifle while sitting on a canvas camp bed above a sandbagged dugout at Fire Support Base (FSB) Lion during Operation Santa Fe, a multi-brigade search and destroy o
Two soldiers, probably of 9 Platoon, C Company, 7 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), stand behind a mobile US 155 Howitzer gun during Operation Santa Fe, a multi-brigade search and destr
Surrounded by long grass and ferns, 1411207 Private Raymond John Collyer, 9 Platoon, C Company, 7 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), takes a rest in the jungle during Operation Santa Fe,
Simple timber structures stand in a Viet Cong (VC) jungle camp which was discovered by 8 Platoon, C Company, 7 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) during Operation Santa Fe, a multi-brigad
A crude wooden structure with a piece of corrugated iron stands in a Viet Cong (VC) jungle camp which was discovered by 8 Platoon, C Company, 7 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) during O
3789463 Private (Pte) Ian Maurice Ross, a forward scout with 9 Platoon, C Company, 7 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), leans forward with his pack on his back, as he and other soldiers
