The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A Viet Cong defector, lying on the ground, smokes a cigarette given to him by a 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), soldier while his wounds are dressed by Sergeant Ron Allan of Townsville, Qld (left back), and Private John Pettigrove of Blackburn South, Vic, during Operation Coburg. The North Vietnamese prisoner gave himself up following the ambush of a jungle track by a platoon of the battalion. Note his hands are bound together.
A Viet Cong defector with his hands tied is fed by Private Dennis O'Shea of Springvale, Vic, while his chest wound is attended to by Private John Pettigrove of Blackburn South, Vic, and Corporal Gavin
A Viet Cong defector with his hands tied is given a drink from a water bottle by Private Dennis O'Shea of Springvale, Vic, a member of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), during Opera
A rocket propelled gun is lined up by Second Lieutenant Jim Slavin of Bathurst, NSW, while a rocket is held by D Company Commander, Major Don Paterson of Greensborough, Vic, and Sergeant Ron Allan of
BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-02. A ROCKET PROPELLED GUN IS LINED UP BY PRIVATE JOHN PETTIGROVE OF BLACKBURN SOUTH, VIC, WHILE A ROCKET IS HELD BY D COMPANY COMMANDER MAJOR DON PATERSON OF GR
A soldier from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), has a slight shrapnel wound on his back treated by a stretcher bearer following the successful ambush of a track during Operation Co
Major Don Paterson of Greensborough, Vic, D Company Commander, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), checks the condition of one of his men slightly wounded by shrapnel to his back duri
