The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phu My, Vietnam. 1967-12. 3411950 Private Rodney Alan Owens checks the contents on a table in the village of Phu My, Phuoc Tuy Province. Private Schaper's unit, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), was taking part in Operation Forrest, a cordon and search of the village.
Phu My, Vietnam. 1967-12. The Commander of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base, Brigadier Ron Hughes of Stafford Heights, Qld (left), speaks with the Commanding Officer of 7th Battalion, The Roy
Phu My, Vietnam. 1967-12. The acting regimental medical officer of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), Captain Morris Peacock of Kilburn, SA, treats a baby, nursed by a Vietnamese wom
Phu My, Vietnam. 1967-12. Armed with a M60 machine gun, 3788522 Private Kelvin 'Curly/Melvin' Wilfred Schaper, keeps watch while his mates (seen in the background) from 7th Battalion, The Royal Austra
Phu My, Vietnam. 1967-12. The man who is affectionately known as "Mr Coffee Pot", Captain Don Mathews, pours a drink from a large vat for a South Vietnamese soldier during Operation Forrest, in Phuoc
Vietnam. 1967-11. Private Robert Harris of Camden, NSW, checks the sharpness of a Viet Cong axe found abandoned in a jungle village during Operation Santa Fe in the north east of Phuoc Tuy Province. T
Vietnam. 1967-12. Private Les Cullen of Orange, NSW (right), and Private First Class Ralph Carrol of Alabama, USA, check the controls of a 175mm gun during a joint Australian-American operation in Phu
