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A Sioux "Possum" helicopter of the 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight, Army Aviation Corps, evacuates a sick soldier from C Company, 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR), during Operation Surfside. The operation, a reconnaissance-in-force, is taking place fifteen miles south east of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1969-04-18. Three members of C Company, 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR), patrol through dense jungle on Operation Surfside, a reconnaissance-in-f
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-11. A member of the Army's 161st Reconnaissance Flight in Vietnam, 2nd Lieutenant Bob Thomson of Wacol, Qld, straps himself into the seat of his Sioux helicopter. The reco
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-04. The Minister for the Army, Phillip Lynch, discusses weapons with Craftsman Bill Windberg of Dromana, Vic, a member of the 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight, duri
Informal group portrait of men from 5 RAR prior to Operation Surfside (12 April - 2 May 1969). The operation, a reconnaissance-in-force, took place place fifteen miles south east of the 1st Australian
South Vietnam. 1968-12. Lieutenant Don Moffatt of Kingaroy, Qld (left), Army pilot with the 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight, located at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat, ex
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-10. Corporal Phil Baker of Ipswich, Qld, tightens the lock wire of the tail rotor gearbox on a Sioux helicopter at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base. He is an engi
