The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 on the condition of one of their mates wounded during a contact with the enemy on Operation Platypus. Corporal Clarke is a company medic with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR).
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
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
South Vietnam. 1968-08-12. 2785736 Private Greg Roese of Wyong, NSW (left), speaks into a microphone with attached tape recorder held by Public Relations reporter, Sergeant John Hounslow of Dulwich, S
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
South Vietnam. 1968-08-12. An armoured personnel carrier (APC) commander of A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, swivels his .30 calibre machine guns around while on patrol during Operation Platypus in P
