The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 (5RAR) are conducting a search and destroy mission in Phuoc Tuy Province, north of Vung Tau.
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. Troops of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), walking in single file, cross a deserted rice paddy in the Phuoc Tuy Province during Operation Hardihood.
Vietnam. 1966. Corporal Ray Williams of Toowoomba, Qld, pours rain water caught overnight in his poncho into his water bottle. Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), whic
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. Members of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), in captured Viet Cong (VC) bunkers during Operation Hardihood. The Australians took over a VC Battalion's entire camp
