The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 troops of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), who routed a large Viet Cong force during a bitter battle at Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province in Operation Smithfield. The soldier in the background with a cigarette in his mouth is Private Peter Fischer.
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
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. 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 Vie
Vietnam 1966-08-19. Private Ken Meredith (facing camera) waits with a group of signallers for the order to move back to base after a bitter engagement with the Viet Cong (VC) at Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy
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
