The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Minister for Repatriation, Senator McKellar, inquired about the weight of equipment carried by soldiers. 61163 Sergeant Kevin James "Tassie" Wass of Cygnet, Tas, and 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), invited Senator McKellar to try and lift his equipment and webbing. Sgt Wass was later badly injured in the 1967 Long Hai mine incident.
The Minister for Repatriation, Senator McKellar, talks with soldiers of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), shortly before they moved out on a routine perimeter patrol on Christma
The Minister for Repatriation, Senator McKellar, visited the RAAF Base at Vung Tau during his tour of Australian forces in the area. Seated at a briefing in the operations room at Vung Tau base is 37
The Minister for Repatriation, Senator McKellar, visited the RAAF Base at Vung Tau during his tour of Australian forces in the area. Studying a captured Viet Cong (VC) assault rifle, are 370 Air Comm
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1967-12. The Minister for Repatriation, Senator Gerald Colin McKellar (centre) has his third successive Christmas dinner with Australian troops. With him in the Other Ranks' Me
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1967-12. Chatting during a break in the Australian Broadcasting Commission Christmas concert at the Task Force Base are, left to right: South Australian singer Bev Harrell, esc
