The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base in Nui Dat. Lance Bombardier Brian Elliott of Wollongong, NSW, prepares to fire the gun in support of Australian infantry operations. The battery is often located at fire support bases where their artillery support has proved invaluable to Australian and New Zealand infantry on operations.
South Vietnam. 1968-09. Gunner Ron Casey of Ipswich, Qld, sets the signts of a 105mm Howitzer gun of the 104th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), during a fire mission at the 1st Austral
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-09. Gunner Col Williams of Moss Vale, NSW, stands watch behind his M60 machine gun, on the perimeter defence of a Fire Support Base (FSB) during Operation Hawke
South Vietnam. 1968-09-03. Gunner Wayne Gillies of Footscray, Vic, sets the sights of a 105mm Howitzer gun for a fire mission in support of troops on operations. Gunner Gillies is a member of the 104t
Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Gunner Graham Floyd of Ouyen, Vic, cleans the barrel of a 105mm Howitzer at Fire Support Base (FSB) Concord in northern Bien Hoa Province, after a fire missi
Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Bombardier Keith Ayliffe of Parramatta, NSW, a member of the 12th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), operates mortar radar equipment
Action stations at Fire Support Base (FSB) Pamela in South Vietnam. This graphic aerial photograph, taken from a helicopter, captures five M2A2 105mm Howitzer guns of 12th Field Regiment, Royal Austra
