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Photograph SHA/65/0305/VN Vietnam, 1962-1975Wading across the Song La-Nga river near the village of Vo Xu during Operation New Life, Private Bob Towns of Quirindi, NSW, shoulders his M60 machine gun.

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Private Jim Harrap of Liverpool, NSW, leads a patrol across the Song La-Nga river near the village of Vo Xu. The patrol from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), is engaged in Operation New Life against Viet Cong in the area.
Wading across the Song La-Nga river near the village of Vo Xu during Operation New Life, Private Bob Towns of Quirindi, NSW, shoulders his M60 machine gun.

Emerging from the banks of the Song La-Nga river with a Viet Cong rifle and ammunition is Corporal George Newton of Barcaldin, Qld. Behind him is the Viet Cong member who led the patrol to the hiding

Crossing a river near Vo Xu village is an Australian patrol from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR). The battalion is taking part in a joint operation, Operation New Life, to clea

Corporal Brian Collett of Manjimup, WA, leads a patrol of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), through a clearing near Chinh Duc village during Operation Life against the Viet Cong

Inspecting a captured Viet Cong machine gun are regimental police Sergeant Jock Wells (left) of Liverpool, NSW, and Lance Corporal Dick Duffy of Hawthorn, Vic. Both are members of the 1st Battalion, T

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
