The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This group of Diggers on top an Armoured Personnel Carrier of the 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron, Royal Australian Armoured Corps, were on a road securing operation on a South Vietnamese highway. The Squadron, and B Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) provided protection from Viet Cong attack for the 9th Division of US troops traveling in convoy along Route 15. Identified, left to right: Lance Corporal Roy Chamberlain; Corporal R. Gardiner of Cudgen, NSW; Vern Jones (obscured); Private K T (Kit) Carson of Coonigin, WA; Graham Mansfield; unidentified (manning the machine gun).
Ready for anything - Corporal Ken Bannister (left) of Rose Bay, NSW, and Trooper Norm Wood of Kirraville, NSW, keep a sharp eye open for any possible Viet Cong approach. The men, members of the 1st Ar
Private Harold Heslop of Swan Hill, Vic, leads a party of soldiers from B Company, 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), aboard an M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier. The soldiers had just
Vietnam. 1966-12. Men of B Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), on a road security mission on Highway 15 near their Nui Dat camp. The Diggers were securing the highway to prev
Vietnam. 1966-12. Men of B Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), on a road security mission on Highway 15 near their Nui Dat camp. The Diggers were securing the highway to prev
Vietnam. 1967-01. Brigadier O. D. Jackson (partly obscured), and Brigadier S. G. Graham (right), visiting the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), with Lieutenant Colonel C. Townsend, the
Private (Pte) Kerry Ryan of Quirindi, NSW, takes time out to smoke a cigarette during a road securing operation in South Vietnam. Pte Ryan was on the operation with his unit, B Company, 6th Battalion,
