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South Vietnam. 1969-08. Four soldiers examine captured weapons and equipment found at the site of a successful night ambush. Left to right: Craftsman Robert Brown of Moorabin, Vic; Trooper Rod Beazley of Narrogin, WA; Corporal Peter Gateley of Townsville, Qld; Gunner John Oxenham of Griffith, NSW. The enemy were engaged by armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of 3 Troop, B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, on the coast of south-eastern Phuoc Tuy Province. A search of the area at first light found the bodies of twelve dead Viet Cong (VC), and later that day one of the enemy surrendered.
South Vietnam. 1969-08. Gunner John Oxenham of Griffith, NSW (left), and Trooper Rod Beazley of Narrogin, WA, sort through captured equipment and personal effects of twelve dead Viet Cong (VC). The en
South Vietnam. 1969-08. Five officers from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) examine captured Viet Cong (VC) equipment after a successful night ambush by 3 Troop, B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment,
Xuyen Moc, South Vietnam. 1969-06. Villagers in eastern Phuoc Tuy Province crowd to look at the bodies (not in view) of five dead Viet Cong (VC) killed in an attempted ambush of armoured personnel car
Xuyen Moc, South Vietnam. 1969-06. Villagers in eastern Phuoc Tuy Province recoil at the sight of the bodies (not in view) of dead Viet Cong (VC) killed when they attempted to ambush armoured personne
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
Soldiers near the gates of the abandoned village in north eastern Phuoc Tuy Province, examine the bodies of eleven dead Viet Cong (VC) killed in a night ambush. The ambush was set with armoured person