The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-04. A hot meal in the field is about to be enjoyed by Lance Corporal Charlie Howe of Tweed Heads, NSW, a member of 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). Serving him is Lance Corporal Garry Shaw of Glebe, NSW. The hot meal was a welcome change to hard rations for troops engaged on Operation Cooktown Orchid in the foothills of the Long Hai mountains, twelve miles south of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat.
South Vietnam. 1968-04. Sapper Jim Trower of Pooraka, SA, inspects a Vietnamese wooden carving found by members of 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian
South Vietnam. 1968-04. Platoon Commander Lieutenant John George of Salsbury North, SA (centre), briefs two of his section commanders, Lance Corporals John Brander of Mount Kokeby, WA (left), and Wayn
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Centurion tanks of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, form a line at the foothills of the Long Hai Hills before moving out with the New Zealand W Company, 2
South Vietnam. 1968-04. Private Ray Hennessy of Upwey, Vic, sitting on jerry cans as he waits to return to 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-04. A 90mm recoiless rifle used against a Viet Cong cave in the Long Hai Hills during Operation Cooktown Orchid by Private Ed Wolfe of Waitara, NSW. Helping him
South Vietnam. 1968-04. Two members of C Company, 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealan
