The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. 1968-06-20. Enjoying cans of Victoria Bitter (VB) beer before the official opening ceremony for C Squadron, Armoured Regiment Officers Mess are, left to right: Major K. Gurney of Bardon, Qld, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, Headquarters, 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF); Major W. Petrass Of Portarlington, Vic, Deputy Commander, Royal Engineers, Headquarters, 1ATF; Captain T. J. Thompson of Puckapunyal, Vic, Quartermaster, C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC); Major J. Taylor, of Kelvin Grove, Qld, Officer Commanding, Headquarters, 1ATF; Major N. C. Munro of Dorrington, Qld, Officer Commanding, 104 Signal Squadron, and Captain Alan Vickers, the new Mess President, Second in Command (2IC), C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, RAAC.
South Vietnam. 1968-06-20. Enjoying cans of Victoria Bitter (VB) beer before the official opening ceremony for C Squadron, Armoured Regiment Officers Mess are, left to right: Brigadier Ron Hughes of S
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Prime Minister, John Gorton (right), inspects an armoured personnel carrier (APC) of A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), during a
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-07. Reading the Australian paper, the Smith's Weekly, during a break in operations are Trooper David Carra of Swan Hill, Vic, and Trooper Peter Hutton of Frankston, Vic, s
Preparing underground defences against possible enemy mortar attack is a job in which all ranks give a helping hand. Constructing an underground command post during Operation Capital are, left to righ
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-09. Secretary of the NSW Liberal Party, John Carrick (right), discusses the important role played by tanks in the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) area, with Ca
Armoured vehicles of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR), Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), on the move from Nui Dat to Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral in Bien Hoa Province. In the foreground
