The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vietnam. 1967. Proud of their handiwork are these four soldiers of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR). They built this scale model of some local terrain to help brief officers before a battalion operation. From left, Private Colin Ross of Newcastle, NSW, Private Noel Clare of Newcastle, NSW, Lance Corporal Bruce of Surrey Hills, Vic and Corporal Bob Williams of Magill, SA.
Vietnam. 1967. Captain R. J. O'Neill of Liverpool, NSW, an Intelligence Officer of 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), points out a suspected enemy position on a special scale model o
Vietnam. 1967. In another second, that 6lb mortar bomb about to be dropped down the 81 millimetre mortar tube by Private Lloyd Miller, will be on its way towards a Viet Cong position in the jungle. Pr
A sandy spot to take a rest break is found by two soldiers of B Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), during a village search operation. They are Lance Corporal Joe McAlister (
Vietnam. 1967. At a road block check point near the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR). Private John Tierney of Kalgoorlie, WA, reaches up to check a bullock cart load. Standing by is
Vietnam. 1967. Private Noel Fox of Beverley Hills, NSW, shares his rations with a young Vietnamese boy in the village of Binh Bay, near the Australian Task Force base. Normally troops don't think the
Vietnam. 1967. Private John Keen of Mendooran, NSW (left), and Lance Corporal Terry Cullen of Ballarat, Vic, help keep the people from the village of Hoa Long moving to check points for questioning by
