The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Trang Bom, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Terry Properjohn of Lindisfarne, Tas, is surrounded by Vietnamese children at Trang Bom village in Bien Hoa Province. 2nd Lt Properjohn, a member of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), and other Task Force troops were surveying sites for new houses to be built following the destruction of them by the Viet Cong during Operation Coburg.
Trang Bom, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Second Lieutenant Terry Properjohn of Lindisfarne, Tas, hands a young Vietnamese boy a toy or perhaps some sweets at Trang Bom village, while other young children wa
Trang Bom, South Vietnam. 1968-02. A young Vietnamese boy is watched by other children as looks through the view finder of a movie camera. Holding the camera is Sergeant Kevin Thurgar of Drummoyne, NS
Trang Bom, South Vietnam. 1968-02. An Australian soldier and three Vietnamese villagers survey sites for new houses at Trang Bom, a small settlement about a mile from the forward headquarters used by
Trang Bom, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Captain Viv Morgan of Three Springs, WA, speaks with a Vietnamese interpreter, while other villagers watch on, at Trang Bom village, where more than 100 houses were
Trang Bom, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Sapper Peter McDonald of South Perth, WA, unloads timber house frames from a truck. Sapper McDonald's unit, 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), was
Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Sapper Brian Hopkins of Victoria Park, WA (left), and Sapper Vic Underwood of Chippendale, NSW, filling sandbags to ensure their protection against possible
