The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A group of Vietnamese found in a house by soldiers of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), are guarded while Private Hugh Evans of Hobart, Tas, signals in the information. Afterwards these soldiers drew their first fire of Operation Hardihood. The two soldiers carry World War 2 vintage 9mm Owen guns and have smeared their faces for camouflage and to dull their shiny skin. Identified at centre rear is Lieutenant John Curtis Hartley (later Captain).
Vung Tau, Vietnam. 1966-05-26. Alert 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 H
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
An Owen machine carbine has been strung up for immediate use by members of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), while they take part in a game of Australian Rules football at Vung
3786776 Private Raymond John Bolitho of Maldon, Vic (left), and 43254 Private Michael James (Mick) Mavromatis, both with 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), comparing hats they found
The band of 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), playing outdoors in camp prior to Operation Hardihood. Band members deployed as medics and stretcher bearers throughout their tour.
Vietnam. 1966. Searching a captured Viet Cong stronghold is Sapper Biddolph of Bexley, NSW, during Operation Hardihood. Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), flushed a
