The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. 1968-09. The Commanding Officer of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Brigadier (Brig) Ron Hughes of Stafford Heights, Qld (right), accompanied Task Force Commander Designate, Brig C. M. I. Pearson of Canberra, ACT (second from right), on a tour of Australian areas of operation in Phuoc Tuy Province. With them, at an Australian operational base, is Flight Lieutenant Hedley Thomas of Torrens, ACT (left), and Liaison Officer to Brig Hughes, Second Lieutenant Barry Corse of Mount Hawthorn, WA.
South Vietnam. 1968-09. The Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), Lieutenant Colonel Phil Bennett of Perth, WA (right), walks through the battalion's operation
South Vietnam. 1968-09. The Commander Designate of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Brigadier (Brig) C. M. I. Pearson of Canberra, ACT (left), is introduced to Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Keith
South Vietnam. 1968-09. The Commander Designate of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Brigadier C. M. I. Pearson of Canberra, ACT (left), is shown on a map the positions of Australian troops on ope
South Vietnam. 1968-10. Commander of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Brigadier Ron Hughes of Stafford Heights, Qld (left), talks outside the Task Force entrance with two prominent Vietnamese par
South Vietnam. 1968-06-20. Enjoying cans of Victoria Bitter (VB) beer before the official opening ceremony for C Squadron, Armoured Regiment Officers Mess are, left to right: Brigadier Ron Hughes of S
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04. The Minister for the Army, Phillip Lynch, shakes hands with Brigadier Ron Hughes of Stafford Heights, Qld, at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base.
