The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Rice captured from the Viet Cong by soldiers of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) during Operation Sydney, is handed out to hungry villagers at Hoa Long near the Australian Task Force area in a Medical Civil Aid Project (Medcap). Helping with the distribution is Private (Pte) Gerry Bruin of Frankston, Vic, ladling out the grain. Pte Bruin was the first National Serviceman to be sworn in from Victoria.
Vietnam. 1966-07-05. Private Brian Griffin of Geelong, Vic, and a member of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), keep a watch for Viet Cong while the people of Hoa Long village, ne
Vietnam. 1966-07-20. Army doctor Captain Tony White of Sydney, NSW, gives medical aid to a Vietnamese child in Duc My village, soon after it had been surrounded by soldiers of the 5th Battalion, The R
Duc My, Vietnam. 1966-07-20. Army doctor Captain John Taske of Brisbane, Qld, gives medical aid to a man in the village in a Medical Civil Aid Project (MEDCAP), after it had been surrounded by soldier
Vietnam. 1966-06-26. Rice bowls are held high by South Vietnamese villagers as Australian soldiers Private (Pte) Bob Lucke (with moustache) of Rosewater, SA, and Pte John Hogbin of Kuring-gai, NSW, ha
Vietnam. 1966-07-04. Dozens of children received medical treatment when soldiers of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), in a Medical Civil Aid Project (MEDCAP), visited Hoa Long v
Vietnam. 1966-07-04. Vietnamese villagers heard Waltzing Matilda when the band of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), played for them during a rice distribution by the battalion.
