The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Private Brian Wood of Toowoomba, Qld, carrying an M60 machine gun, was among soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), who decimated and pursued the Viet Cong after a bitter battle at Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province, part of Operation Smithfield. In follow-up sweeps the Diggers discovered graves and signs of a hasty retreat by the large Viet Cong force.
Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Utterly exhausted, but watchful and grimly determined, members of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), push through dense scrub country in search of retreating
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
VIETNAM. 1966-08-19. BOOTS DRAGGED DOWN BY MUD AND SHOULDERS STOOPED FROM EXHAUSTION, SOLDIERS FROM THE 6TH BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), PLOD ON WITH GRIM DETERMINATION IN SEARCH OF A
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM. 1966-08-19. A SMILING 1731079 PRIVATE JOHN DAVID WINSTONE, SUPPORT SECTION COMPANY HEADQUARTERS, C COMPANY, 6TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), WAITS TO B
Tired out from hours of fighting and sleeplessness, Corporal Geoff "Doc" Jones, C Company medic, of Bankstown, Sydney, NSW, waits for the order to pull out and move back to his base. Geoff was among t
Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Checking a .50 calibre machine gun on their armoured personnel carrier (APC) are Trooper John Callow of Benalla, Vic, and Lance Corporal Rex Warren of Norwood, SA, on a sweep of t
