The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. 1967-11. 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Jim Fitzsimmons of Lithgow, NSW, and 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), was mentioned-in-despatches for gallantry under fire on operations against Viet Cong in Phuoc Tuy Province. 2nd Lt Fitzsimmons (centre) with 7RAR Platoon Commander, Lt Mark Maloney of St Ives, NSW (left), and Company Sergeant Major C Company, Warrant Officer Ted Lewis of Wahroonga, NSW. Note their camp in the background.
Vietnam. 1967-11. Warrant Officer Ted Lewis of Wahroonga, NSW, uses a map to point out a likely Viet Cong hiding place to Lieutenant John Paget of Canberra, ACT, during Operation Santa Fe. Both are me
Vietnam. 1967-11. Clothes abandoned in a Viet Cong jungle village are searched by Private Colin Dudley of Lithgow, NSW, during Operation Santa Fe, north east of Phuoc Tuy Province. The clothes were le
Vietnam. 1967-10. A Viet Cong propaganda megaphone made from old beer cans is given a trial run by Private Andrew Fren of Kurri Kurri, NSW, and Headquarter Company, 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF). T
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1971. Private John Lindsay of Gillieston Heights, NSW (left), and Corporal Jim Johnstone of Lithgow, NSW, study a map before they prepare to move out with o
Vietnam. 1967. During operation Broken Hill in Phuoc Tuy Province, troops took the elusive Viet Cong by surprise. Lance Corporal Geoff McGuffog of Tamworth, NSW (right), leads a gagged and securely ti
Vietnam. 1967-10. Private Anthony Littlejohn of Launceston, Tas, examines a Viet Cong propaganda megaphone made from old beer cans. The megaphone was used by Viet Cong propaganda teams at rallies whic
