The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vietnam. 1966-01-13. Sharp-edged action led to these souvenirs (knives and machetes) displayed by Bombardier (Bdr) John Deazley (left) of Auckland, NZ, and Private John Vincent of Noble Park, Vic. They were with troops of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), who uncovered an underground arms making workshop in a huge Viet Cong tunnel complex in the Ho Bo Woods area north-west of Saigon during Operation Crimp. Bdr Deazley, a member of the NZ artillery battery, was with the Australian Battalion as a forward observation officer.
Vietnam. 1966-01-13. Kiwis lent support to Australian troops who uncovered a huge Viet Cong tunnel complex during Operation Crimp in the Ho Bo Woods north-west of Saigon. Lance Bombardier (L Bdr) Davi
Truckloads of Viet Cong documents were captured by troops of 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), when they unearthed a huge tunnel complex in the area known as Ho Bo Woods, north-west of
Vietnam. 1966-01-13. Wheel deal for Private Len Bowyer of Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, Qld, as he takes time out from Operation Crimp, in the Ho Bo Woods north-west of Saigon, to make running repairs to o
Vietnam. 1966-01-13. Soapy smile belongs to Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Ken Garner of Bellingen, NSW, who cleaned up under a portable shower hung from a plantation tree during a lull in Operation Crimp in
One of the scores of trapdoors uncovered by 1 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), during Operation Crimp in Ho Bo Woods. Troops uncovered a network of Viet Cong tunnels that contained we
A soldier, probably a sapper of 3 Field Troop down the bunker and near the entrance to a tunnel used by Viet Cong during Operation Crimp in Ho Bo Woods. They were on a search and destroy operation wit
