The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 in a Viet Cong jungle rest centre, north of Vung Tau, during Operation Hardihood. Both men are armed with Owen machine carbines.
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
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
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 Roy
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. Private Peter Raffan of Narracoorte, SA, having a shave in the jungle during a rest break on Operation Hardihood, in which troops of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5R
