The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Long Dien, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Corporal Ray Jacques of Lilydale, Vic, checks the top of a well for Viet Cong tunnels and hides during Operation Clayton. He is a member of 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), and was working with 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), as a leader of a combat engineer team for the operation.
Long Dien, South Vietnam. 1968-02. A short tunnel under a haystack is checked for Viet Cong articles by Sapper Eddie Josephs of Morphett Vale, SA (left), Sapper Ashley Ryan of Somerton Park, SA (centr
Long Dien, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Private Tony Phillips of Nunawading, Vic, a member of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), searches a coffin factory for traces of Viet Cong during c
Long Dien, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Soldiers from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), sift through the rubble and ashes of all that remains of houses destroyed by the Viet Cong in Long
SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968. WITHIN TWENTY FOUR HOURS OF ARRIVING IN SOUTH VIETNAM, CAPTAIN GEOFF REED OF HOLSWORTHY, NSW, WAS OUT ON HIS FIRST OPERATION. AS A MEMBER OF THE ADVANCE PARTY OF THE 102ND FIELD B
Long Dien, South Vietnam. 1968-03. About to search a building is Captain John Phillips of 106th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) during cordon and search Operation Clayton in the villag
Long Dien, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Bombardier Ian Leslie of Box Hill, Vic, inspects a bullet damaged house during Operation Clayton where he was working as a radio operator with the 7th Battalion, The
