The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A cigarette and a meal for Lance Corporal Barry Hobbs of Bendigo, Vic (left) and Sergeant Dave Robberts of Warwick Farm, NSW, both of 2 Troop, B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC). Seated inside the armoured personnel carrier (APC), they are returning to the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat after completing a sweep of the Thua Tich area with APCs of their Squadron. During the patrol, the Australians killed sixteen (eleven and later five) Viet Cong (VC), and captured seven AK47 assault rifles, two RPG2 (rocket propelled grenade) rocket launchers, a pistol and other equipment.
Thua Tich, South Vietnam. 1969-06. The District Chief of Xuyen Moc, Major Le Van Que (left), and 235254 Captain (Capt) Tom Henry Arrowsmith of Campbelltown, NSW discuss the two successful actions of a
Thua Tich, South Vietnam. 1969-06. Two armoured personnel carriers (APCs) from 2 Troop, B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment push their way through dense jungle in the north east of Phuoc Tuy Province. Th
Thua Tich, South Vietnam. 1969-06. Exhausted after a successful night ambush and an attempted Viet Cong (VC) ambush earlier that day, 235254 Captain (Capt) Tom Henry Arrowsmith of Campbelltown, NSW, r
Thua Tich, South Vietnam. 1969-06. A crew commander of 2 Troop, B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment rakes the undergrowth with his .50 calibre machine gun after Viet Cong (VC) tried to ambush an Australi
Thua Tich, South Vietnam. 1969-06. A well deserved drink from a water bottle for Trooper Allan Stanton of Kalinga, Qld, wearing a helmet, sunglasses and gloves. His unit, B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regim
Thua Tich, South Vietnam. 1969-06. An armoured personnel carrier (APC) from 2 Troop of B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, manoeuvres around the bodies of two dead Viet Cong (VC) killed in an attack on
