The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vietnam. 1966-06. A bare-chested Captain John Gill of Shepparton, Vic, a helicopter pilot with 161 Reconnaissance Flight RAAF wearing his dog tag, writes in his flying log book after "his most exciting moment". He was flying the CO of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), Colonel J. A. Warr, into company positions during Operation Hardihood and had just landed in a jungle helipad when the Viet Cong opened fire on his machine.
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
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
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
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
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
