The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. 1968-04. Corporal Merv Wilson of Seymour, Vic, directing bulldozers at the start of a day's clearing operations. The bulldozers, operated by Australian and US Army engineers, were engaged in a phase of Operation Cooktown Orchid, twelve miles south of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat.
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. 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
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. 1968-10. Sapper Ken Lowdon of Puckapunyal, Vic, climbs onto his bulldozer to begin a shift during the land clearing team's Operation Lyrebird, a land clearing operation in Phuoc Tuy Pro
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
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
