The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. 1968-07-17. Sapper Dennis Clarke of Newcastle, NSW, emerges from one of several tunnels found by members of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) during a one day sweep near the village of Hoa Long, south of the Task Force Base at Nui Dat. Two suspects were detained and several freshly dug pits and tunnels, such as these, were found during the operation.
Hoa Long, South Vietnam. 1968-08-06. Commander of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Brigadier R. L. Hughes of Stafford Heights, Qld, confers with his staff during the middle of a sweep of the vill
Hoa Long, South Vietnam. 1968-08-06. Private Kerry Connors of Bathurst, NSW, watchs a pig in its pen, as he moves through the village of Hoa Long, two miles south of Nui Dat, during a sweep by members
Hoa Long, South Vietnam. 1968-08. A Vietnamese woman unconcernedly carries on with her washing as Private Chris Szalek of Footscray, Vic, a member of C Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Reg
South Vietnam. 1968-07-17. A soldier receives a helping hand while thigh deep in mud during an operation in Phuoc Tuy Province, near the village of Hoa Long. The one day sweep of jungle and rice paddi
Hoa Long, South Vietnam. 1968-08-06. Private Roy Lucas of Lidcombe, NSW, stands guard outside a Vietnamese house while troops check it out for tunnels and hides during a sweep through the hamlet of Ho
Hoa Long, South Vietnam. 1968-08-06. Corporal Terry Tribe of Toowoomba, Qld, inspects a household shrine in a wooden box during the search of a hamlet in Hoa Long, two miles south of Nui Dat. During t
