The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Viet Cong positions on the south side of the Dong Nai River, about four miles from the Bien Hoa air base. There were no Australian casualties, and the extent of the damage caused to enemy installations was not immediately known.
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
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
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
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
Corporal Ted Bromfield of Perth, WA, takes a brief rest against the thick jungle wall during a clearing operation carried out by 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) members near Bien H
