The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vietnam. 1967-07. Private Conrad Becker of Moorabbin, Vic, sends a message with a wireless handset covered in plastic to keep out rain during Operation Cooparoo. The 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), combed an area east of the 1st Australian Task Force at Nui Dat for Viet Cong and their installations.
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-07. During Operation Cooparoo a tunnel housing a Viet Cong kitchen is inspected by Private Keith Battersby of Claremont, WA (left), and Private Peter Kerley of Oakleigh, Vic. Th
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. June 1967. Tactics to be used against the Viet Cong are discussed by the Deputy Leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr Lance H. Barnard (left). With him are, Private Peter Prior
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-07. Major Des Mealy of Rockhampton, Qld (left) and B Company, the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), checks platoon positions with Lieutenant Peter McGuinness
Vietnam. 1967-07. B Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), signalman, Private Roy (Blue) Bravo of Pascoe Vale, Vic, changes batteries and checks his radio set on Operation Coopa
Vietnam. 1967-07. Sappers Peter Weedon of Gin Gin, Qld (left), and John Kiley of Corrimal, NSW, prepare explosives to demolish Viet Cong positions in a bunker deep in thick jungle east of the 1st Aust
Vietnam. 1967-07. Major Des Mealy of Rockhampton, Qld (left), uses a field radio (wireless) to communicate information on a Viet Cong base camp discovered by B Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Austra
