The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sapper Phillip Baxter of Belmore, NSW, examines a sack of plastic sandles found in a large Viet Cong cache by soldiers during Operation Stirrup Cup, north of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat. In the twelve hour surprise raid by Task Force elements, large amounts of rice, salt, uniform material and footwear were uncovered.
Sergeant (Sgt) Phillip Reeves of Toowoomba, Qld, examines the crossbow of a Montagnard hunter during an armoured-infantry operation near Thai Thien, ten miles north-west of the 1st Australian Task For
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-09. Lance Corporal Ken Maas of Wynnum, Qld, brews a cup of coffee at Fire Support Base (FSB) Wattle during Operation Hawkesbury, a reconnaissance in force north
Private Rex Marsh of Port Pirie, SA, a member of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), makes his way through a fast flowing jungle stream in Phuoc Tuy Province. Elements of the 1st Aust
In a 10-hour raid on a Viet Cong supply base this week Australian and New Zealand troops captured nearly 30 tons of rice - the largest rice cache ever found by the 1st Australian Task Force. They also
2787715 Sapper Peter Graham of Goolgowi, NSW, makes his way through a fast flowing jungle stream in Phuoc Tuy Province. He is a member of the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). Elem
Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-11. Private Phillip Gifford of Queanbeyan, NSW (right), hands out school supplies, to two Vietnamese, in the village school house at Ap Suoi Nghe, a small resettlemen
