The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Members of the Assault Pioneer Platoon, Support Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), stand in the shade of some trees just before they leave the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base to go out on an operation. Most of the men's packs and weapons are lying on the ground among them. The SLR rifle resting on the pack in the foreground has a shell dressing attached to its butt. A soldier (left), who is the platoon's signaller, is carrying a large pack on his back which includes a radio transceiver with an aerial sticking up from it. He is holding an American M16 carbine in his hand. The unit's M60 machine gun is sitting on its tripod on the ground behind him, with several belts of ammunition lying over it.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1967-10. Soldiers from C Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), laden with ammunition, weapons and packs, in a Chinook helicopter. The troops
Phuoc Tuy province, Vietnam, c. 1971-02. Using his pack for a pillow, a New Zealand soldier serving with Support Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), takes the opportunity for
Near 1RAR's camp at Bien Hoa Air Base, two unidentified members of the battalion aim their weapons while lying on the ground in a rubber tree plantation. The soldier at front has an L1A1 Self Loading
During Operation Abilene, two members of 2 Platoon, A Company, 1RAR, enjoy some quiet time beside a hoochie they have erected among the rubber trees at the French-owned Gallia rubber plantation. The m
Two unidentified members of 2 Platoon, A Company, 1RAR, take advantage of a pause on the second day of Operation Iron Triangle to have a rest and dry their gear out in the sun. The digger (right) is l
Watten, QLD, 1942. Boxes and crates of food supplies (left) stand stacked up in the shade of two small trees next to the newly-built other ranks' kitchen at the 2/2nd Australian General Hospital (2/2A
