The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Members of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), used 81mm mortars in a strike across the Dong Nai River, some four miles from Bien Hoa air base, on Viet Cong positions. Private Bob Fox of Coolangatta, Qld (left) and Private Mike Chevis of Bridgetown, WA (right), stand by as Private Pat Bourke of Inverell, NSW, lowers a round into a mortar. There was no Australian casualties in the action, and the extent of damage caused to enemy installations was not immediately known.
Private Tony Goodsell of Condobolin, NSW, lowers a round into an 81mm mortar as Private Bob Fleming of Mordialloc, Vic, blocks his ears to deaden noise from the blast during a strike against Viet Cong
Private Bob Fleming of Mordialloc, Vic, puts his fingers in his ears to deaden the noise of the blast of an 81mm mortar, as members of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), cut loose on
Private Bill Richards of Adelaide, SA, an M60 machine gunner with 1 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), moves to his position to cover a mortar crew during a strike on Viet Cong operation
Sergeant Bill Bennett of Frankston, Victoria, fires a 50 calibre machine gun from an M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier. The Australian carriers, from 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse and mortars f
Private Peter Vandenberg of Ballarat, Vic, a member of 1 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) (right), discusses the merits of the Owen machine carbine gun during a patrol in Vietnam with M
Private Bob Fleming of Mordialloc, Vic, puts his fingers in his ears to deaden the noise from the blast of an 81mm mortar, as members of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), cut loose
