The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1966. Some of the sophisticated equipment in use by Australians at their Task Force base is shown in operation by Corporal Geoff Thwaites of Frankston, Vic, a soldier of 131st Divisional Locating Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA). It is a tellurometer, an electronic device which measures distances accurately to within two inches of 40 miles.
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1966. Some of the sophisticated equipment in use by Australians at their Task Force base is shown in operation by Corporal Geoff Cartwright of Oakleigh, Vic. It is the parabolic refl
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1966. Radar equipment for locating and detecting enemy artillery positions, used by 131st Divisional Locating Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, 1st Australian Task Force (1A
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-09-02. Sergeant Brian Rudduck of Holsworthy, NSW (left), a member of the 131st Divisional Locating Battery, explains the intricacies of an enemy aiming device which was ca
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-10. A photographic darkroom was one of the facilities provided for Australian troops by the Australian Overseas Forces Fund. It was located at the 131st Divisional Locatin
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-10. Artillery surveyor, Gunner David Dougherty of Cronulla, NSW, a member of the 131st Divisional Locating Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), uses a theodolite at
Vietnam. 1967. Captain Warwick Hamilton of Neutral Bay, NSW (right), Officer Commanding 131st Divisional Locating Battery with the 1st Australian Task Force at Nui Dat, congratulates Gunner Bill Thoma
