The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. 1968-08. Lance Corporal Peter Woodward of Willagee, WA (left), and Private Brian Spurway of Byron Bay, NSW, prepare a load of ammunition for slinging beneath a Chinook helicopter. They are both members of the 176th Air Despatch Company which prepares all stores airlifted to troops operating with the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF).
VUNG TAU, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-08. PRIVATE BRIAN SPURWAY OF BYRON BAY, NSW, SPILLS THE AIR FROM A PARACHUTE WHICH HAD CARRIED CASES OF AMMUNITION FROM A RAAF CARIBOU TO A ZONE OUTSIDE THE 1ST AUSTRALIA
South Vietnam. 1968-11-13. A Chinook helicopter approaches a heli-pad at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy province, with a heavy load of signals communication equipmen
VUNG TAU, 1968-08. PREPARING A LOAD OF 500 GALLON RUBBER FUEL BLADDERS FOR AIR DESPATCH TO A FORWARD FIRE SUPPORT BASE ARE PRIVATE TONY HAABJOERN OF NEDLANDS, WA (LEFT), AND PRIVATE ALLAN MCPHEE OF CO
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-08-12. Private Neil Edwards of Taree, NSW, assisted by Sergeant Alby (Dinger) Bell of Windsor, NSW, hook on a bulldozer for airlifting onto a US Army Chinook he
South Vietnam. 1968-09-03. Gunner Murray Hall of Albany, WA (left), loads a round into the breech of one of the 105mm Howitzer guns of the 104th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) based a
Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Private John Iwankiw of Denmark, WA, watches from his gun pit at Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral. Private Iwankiw is a member of the Task Force Defence and Emp
