The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-09. Troops of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), run to board helicopters on the fly out from Kapyong Pad at the battalion's base area at Nui Dat. The battalion was about to begin Operation Daimantina, a reconnaissance in force to the north-east of Nui Dat. The operation took the battalion into an area of thick scrub scattered with rice paddies. An enemy base camp was discovered during the operation and it contained a large amount of stores, including food, clothing, tools, oil and kerosene.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-09. Second Lieutenant (2Lt) Ray Robinson of Kalgoorlie, WA, rifles through clothing found in an enemy base camp on Operation Diamantina, a reconnaissance in for
South Vietnam. 1968-09. Private Alan Munro of Sydney, NSW, with M60 machine gun at the ready, moves between two giant trees in Phuoc Tuy Province. He is a member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Austra
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-09. Private John Amor of Horsham, Vic, and Second Lieutenant Peter Luffman of Bourke, NSW, pluck a chicken they caught at an enemy base camp during Operation Di
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-09. Private Robert Wear of Findon, SA, a forward scout in the 9th Platoon, C Company of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), moves out in fr
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-09. Major Ian Hands of The Gap, Qld, scans an enemy base camp before proceeding. Major Hands is the Commanding Officer, C Company of the 3rd Battalion, The Roya
South Vietnam. 1968-09. Private John Richardson of Ashfield, WA, relays a message on a field radio set during a platoon patrol on Operation Diamantina, a reconnaissance in force to the north-east of P
