The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vung Tau, Vietnam. 1966-05-26. Private Bob Wemm of Tarcoola, Bridgetown, WA, sleeps in the jungle during his first operation against the Viet Cong, Operation Hardihood, with the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR).
Vung Tau, Vietnam. 1966-05-26. Private Frank (Doc) Baker of Tahmoor, NSW, injured his eye while on Operation Hardihood. He was the first casualty of the first operation of the 5th Battalion, The Royal
Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), dash for cover after having been fired on in a jungle clearing by a Viet Cong sniper during Operation Hardihood, north of Vung Tau
Vietnam. 1966. After a night of constant rain, Private Geoffrey Scott of Mt Kuring-gai, NSW, spreads gear to dry during Operation Hardihood in which troops of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian R
Vietnam. 1966. Corporal Mick Mavromatis of Port Pirie, SA (left), and Private Ken Edmunds, both of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), search goods left behind by the Viet Cong in
Vung Tau, Vietnam. 1966-05-26. Troops of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), move through overgrown banana plantation and pepper tree country on the first day of Operation Hardiho
Vietnam. 1966. Corporal Vince Cleary of Lansvale, Sydney, NSW (right), and Private Edward Allen of Green Valley, Sydney, NSW (left), both of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), e
