The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965-08. Private Ron Curtis of Wangaratta, Vic (left) and Lance Corporal Ted Rochester of Liverpool, NSW, both members of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), hold a four foot braided krait snake found under a bed in one of the soldier's tent. The snake is one of the most venomous.
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965-08. Private Peter Hodgson of Abbotsford, NSW (left), looks at a braided krait snake held by Private Phil Oakford, of Hobart, Tas. They are both members of 1st Battalion, The Ro
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965-06. Private Brian Allen of Melbourne, Vic (right), reads a letter from home and shares some news from the letter with Private Ted McClurkin of Melbourne, Vic. Both soldiers are
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965-09. Portrait of Corporal Des Howell, Signals Platoon, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), near the Battalion's tent lines.
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965-08. Lance Corporal Noel Beare of Wangaratta, Vic, a radio operator in an M113 tank with the 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Armoured Personnel Carrier detachment. The de
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965-08. Private Harold Dennis of Sydney, NSW, a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), carries two young Vietnamese girls (one crying) he found in a street
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965. The Minister for the Army, Dr Forbes, talks to a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), cleaning his boots outside his tent.
