The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Wayne Wills of Hillston, Tas, on their tasks during a phase of Operation Cooktown Orchid. All are members 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), which was supporting a land clearing task by engineers 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
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 compris
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Troops of C Company of 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion,
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
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. Discussing the day's operations for a bulldozer land clearing team with the Australian Task Force in Vietnam are the officer in charge of the team, Captain Brian Wadie of Canbe
