The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of Private (Pte) Mark Minell of Moree, NSW, and Pte Neil Baker of Mayfield, Newcastle, NSW (right). Both are members of the 8 Platoon, Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), which was joined by artillery and armoured personnel carrier fire to destroy 250 Viet Cong at Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province, during Operation Smithfield.
Portrait of 22900 Warrant Officer 2 John (Jack) Roughley, CSM of A Company, 6RAR of Oxley, Brisbane, Qld, contacts his platoon headquarters from an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) sweeping after retr
DURING OPERATION SMITHFIELD AUSTRALIAN ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APCS) OF 1 APC SQUADRON AND SOLDIERS ON FOOT SWEEP ALONG IN PURSUIT OF RETREATING VIET CONG TROOPS IN PHUOC TUY PROVINCE. THE CHASE
During Operation Smithfield, armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of 1 APC Squadron and troops on foot sweep along in pursuit of retreating Viet Cong in Phuoc Tuy Province. The chase followed a savage b
During Operation Smithfield troops moving off in Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) of 1 APC Squadron in a sweep in pursuit of retreating Viet Cong in Phuoc Tuy Province. The chase followed a savage b
South Vietnam. 1966-08-19. During Operation Smithfield, Australian armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of 1 APC Squadron and soldiers on foot sweep along in pursuit of retreating Viet Cong troops in Ph
Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Members of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), push through dense scrub country on foot and on an armoured personnel carrier (APC) in search of retreating Vie
