The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-08-12. Corporal Lorne (Doc) Clarke of North Ryde, NSW (left), paints a protective heat rash linament on the face of Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Wally Thompson of Panania, NSW, during operations in Phuoc Tuy Province. Corporal Clarke is company medical orderly serving with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), and WO2 Thompson is a Company Sergeant Major (CSM) with the Battalion. Both were taking part in Operation Platypus.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-08-12. Private Doug (Blue) Smyth of Wentworth, NSW (left), waits with Corporal Lorne (Doc) Clarke of North Ryde, NSW, as he speaks on the field radio to check o
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-08-12. Warrant Officer Class 2 Wally Thompson of Panania, NSW, a member of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), taking part in Operation Pla
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-08-12. 2785736 Private Greg Roese of Wyong, NSW, with a M16 rifle, searches thick jungle in Phuoc Tuy Province for any trace of enemy he saw a few minutes earli
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-08-12. Sergeant K. S. (Blue) Brunette of Holsworthy, NSW, a member of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), motions to his men to continue th
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-08-12. Private Alan Sisley of Rockhampton, Qld, takes the opportunity to have a sleep, while leaning against a tree trunk, during Operation Platypus. A member o
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-08-12. Members of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), move along a flooded jungle track during Operation Platypus. The long reconnaissance-
