The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vung Tau Harbour, South Vietnam. 1968-04-09. A landing craft full of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), troops pulls away from HMAS Sydney and towards Vung Tau. The battalion relieved 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat. For more than 100 members of 1RAR the arrival meant the beginning of their second tour of duty in Vietnam.
Vung Tau Harbour, South Vietnam. 1968-04-09. Troops from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), are ferried across Vung Tau harbour in a landing craft after arriving in the war zone aboa
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1968-04-09. The old and the new colonels speak with the Commander of the Australian Force in Vietnam (AFV), Major General A. L. MacDonald (centre), aboard HMAS Sydney. General
South Vietnam. 1968-04. Members of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), recently arrived in Vietnam, are given instruction in the uses of the Iroquois helicopters, one of the main meth
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Private David Armstrong, 21, of Kurri Kurri, NSW, and Private Noel Bell, 21, of West Leederville, Perth (right), unload boxes of rations at the 1st Battalion, The Roya
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-02-25. Informal portrait of the first Military Medal winner from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), Private Keith Downward, 22, of Boronia, Vic. Private
Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Troops from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), patrol a rubber plantation during Operation Pegasus. The one day operation was staged in and around Bi
