The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vietnam. 1966-08. Dropping a shell down an 81mm mortar barrel is Private (Pte) Ashley Eyles of Armidale, NSW, while Pte Peter Devine of Waverley, NSW, covers his ears to block out the noise of the blast. Both soldiers are in the mortar platoon of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), firing down on Viet Cong positions day and night.
Vietnam. 1966-08. Private (Pte) Ashley Eyles of Armidale, NSW, taking cover while Pte Peter Devine of Waverley, NSW, covers his ears to block out the noise of the blast from an 81mm mortar barrel. Bot
Vietnam. 1966-08. Private (Pte) Ashley Eyles of Armidale, NSW (left), and Pte Peter Devine of Waverley, NSW, blocking their ears and taking cover in the sandbagged weapon pit to avoid the blast from t
Vietnam. 1966-08. Private (Pte) Peter Devine of Waverley, NSW (left), and Pte Ashley Eyles of Armidale, NSW, blocking their ears and taking cover in the sandbagged weapon pit to avoid the blast from t
Vietnam. 1966-08. Private (Pte) Ashley Eyles of Armidale, NSW (left), and Pte Peter Devine of Waverley, NSW, taking cover in the sandbagged weapon pit to avoid the blast from the 81mm mortar barrel. B
Private Tony Goodsell of Condobolin, NSW, lowers a round into an 81mm mortar as Private Bob Fleming of Mordialloc, Vic, blocks his ears to deaden noise from the blast during a strike against Viet Cong
Vietnam. 1966-09. Portrait of Private Ashley Eyles of Annandale, NSW, and of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), wearing his floppy bush hat.
