The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Private Brian McGrath of East Malvern, Melbourne, Vic, tries out a Viet Cong sub-machine gun captured by the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), from the Viet Cong. The weapon was one of more than 100 taken from a vast underground tunnel complex from which the Viet Cong were driven by Australian troops during Operation Crimp.
Lance Corporal Angus Mackay of Geraldton, WA, sights a Viet Cong sub-machine gun captured during operations by the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), from the enemy in South Vietnam.
Vietnam. 1966-01-17. A trial run for Private (Pte) Brian McGrath of East Malvern, Melbourne, Vic, Lance Corporal Angus Mackay of Geraldton, WA, and Pte Brian Duncan of Fairfield, Sydney, NSW, on a Vie
Private Brian Duncan of Fairfield, Sydney, NSW, tries out the PU 3.5 power telescopic sight on a Soviet made 91/30 sniper's rifle captured by the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), i
The fortified entrance to an underground tunnel used by the Viet Cong unconvered during Operation Crimp, a search and destroy operation by 1 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR).
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
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
