The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vo Xu. Members of an Anti-Tank Platoon, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), Corporal Ken W. Forden (second left) of Perth, WA, looks on while Private James Jarrett of Revesby, NSW, searches the clothing of one of a number of captured Viet Cong. The Viet Cong prisoner, his arms tied behind his back, was captured during a search and destroy operation in the village. In the centre (partly obscured) is an interpreter who is a member of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).
Members of an Anti-Tank Platoon, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), Corporal Ken W. Forden (left) of Perth, WA, looks on while Private James Jarrett of Revesby, NSW searches the clot
Guarding two blindfolded Viet Cong (VC) captured on Operation New Life are Private E. J. Somers of Surrey Hills, Vic (left) Regimental Police, and Sergeant I. J. Welsh of Newcastle, NSW, an interprete
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965. Soldiers of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), carrying out search and destroy operations at Vo Xu village. Left to right: Captain Peter Rothwell, Officer Co
Guarding two Viet Cong (VC) captured on Operation New Life are Private (Pte) E J Somers, regimental police (RP), 28, of Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Vic, left, and Sergeant I J Welsh, interpreter, of Newc
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965. Soldiers of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), walking along a road during a search and destroy operation at Vo Xu village.
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965. Soldiers of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), walk along a dirt track during a search and destroy operation at Vo Xu village.
