The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Corporal Fred O'Brien (second from left) of Gaythorne, Qld, 2RAR/NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), receives a carton of United States (US) field rations during the loading of a No. 9 Squadron RAAF, Iroquois helicopter (A2-1019) during Operation Coburg. Task Force troops, supported by armoured personnel carriers form A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment and artillery from 4th Field Regiment, were located twenty miles north-east of Saigon. This helicopter is now part of the Australian War Memorial's National Collection. See also REL/12323.
South Vietnam. 1968-02. Private Peter Haran of Elizabeth, SA, a member of 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Bat
ien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Lieutenant Jim Connolly of Croydon Park, NSW, seated in a No. 9 Squadron RAAF Iroquois helicopter, prepares to move out to his unit, 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZ
An RAAF UH-1B 'Huey' Iroquois helicopter, A2-1019, lined up with three other Iroquois helicopters at the 9 Squadron base at Vung Tau. An M60 machine gun is mounted on each side of the helicopter. A2-1
The flight line of No 9 Squadron, RAAF, featuring two Iroquois UH-1B helicopters, A2-1019 and A2-1024, which both later crashed in 1967 within a month of each other due to engine failure. A2-1019 was
Brigadier Ron Hughes of Stafford Park, Qld (left), 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Commander, discusses Operation Coburg with Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Smith of Mount Eliza, Vic, Commanding Officer of
A soldier from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), hurries out of the way as a daily water re-supply in jerry cans is lowered by a 9 Squadron, RAAF, Iroquois helicopter. Checking the
