The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vietnam. 1966-08. After a night long march across country to surround Binh Ba village, troops of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), 6RAR, and Task Force elements made the most of rest breaks. Asleep against the tree is Sapper Brian Hay of Sydney, NSW. Ready to move on is Private Tom Griffiths of Dee Why, NSW.
BINH BA, VIETNAM. 1966-08. A SMILE FROM TWO VIETNAMESE GIRLS TALKING TO AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AFTER ELEMENTS OF THE 5TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (5RAR) AND 6RAR HAD CLEARED THE VIET CONG
Left to right: Private (Pte) Erroll [sic] Nilsen of Dunwich, Queensland, Pte Neville Bryant of Walcha, NSW, and Pte Rod Scott of Glen Iris, Victoria, tried conversing with Vietnamese children in Binh
Binh Ba, Vietnam. 1966-08. Private (Pte) Fred Robertson of Abbotsford, NSW (left), and Pte Andrew Fenech of Mascot, NSW, talking to a girl in the doorway of her home after the village was freed from y
Vietnam. 1966-08. Lieutenant John Hartley of Nambour, Qld (right), and two Vietnamese interpreters question a woman in the village of Binh Ba, during Operation Holsworthy. The village was entered afte
Binh Ba, Vietnam. 1966-08. Private (Pte) Tony Whitfield of Mandurah, WA (left), and Pte Jim Calder of Rosewood, Qld, receive bananas from Vietnamese children during Operation Holsworthy. Soldiers of t
Vung Tau, Vietnam. 1966-05-26. Troops of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), move through overgrown banana plantation and pepper tree country on the first day of Operation Hardiho
