The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Troops of 1 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) moving out of Xam Cay Xoai village. This Australian patrol returned safely to its company position in the Cong Thanh district. In this village members of the 3rd Field Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, explored and destroyed a number of Viet Cong bunker and tunnel systems.
Bien Hoa Province, Vietnam. 1965. Bricks, concrete and earth shower skywards as a Viet Cong reinforced bunker is exploded in Xam Cay Xaoi village, Cong Thanh district, by members of 3rd Field Troop, R
BIEN HOA PROVINCE, VIETNAM. 1965. DOWN A DARK WELL GOES SAPPER BILL MURRAY, OF SLACK'S CREEK, NEAR BRISBANE, DURING AN AUSTRALIAN SEARCH FOR VIET CONG HIDEOUTS IN XAM CAY XAOI VILLAGE IN THE CONG THAN
Cong Thanh, Vietnam. 1965. Corporal Colin Dennis of Coonabarabran, NSW, a member of 3rd Field Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, based at Bien Hoa, went into action at Xom Cay Xoai village. He is abou
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965. Troops from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), file into Iroquois helicopters lined up at the airfield, at the start of a combined Australian-American op
Corporal Brian Collett of Manjimup, WA, leads a patrol of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), through a clearing near Chinh Duc village during Operation Life against the Viet Cong
Corporal Lex (Mac) McAulay of Mosman, NSW, an interpreter with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), enters a Viet Cong tunnel.
