The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. 1968-12. Lieutenant Don Moffatt of Kingaroy, Qld (left), Army pilot with the 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight, located at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat, explains the safety devices of the Sioux helicopter to a group of soldiers from Support Company, 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR). 9RAR is now engaged in advanced training with helicopters, armour cavalry and artillery before they are committed to operations in Phuoc tuy Province. Left to right: Lance Corporal Ken Best of Mount Gravatt, Qld; Private Gary North of Scarborough, WA; Private Peter Grant of Boulder, WA, and Private Ian Irwin of Bardon, Qld.
Private Michael O'Sullivan of Bardon, Qld, and a member of C Company, 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR), explains the graduations on the site of an M79 grenade launcher to a South Vi
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-10. Corporal John Cameron of Padstow, NSW (left), and Craftsman Bruno Kwas of Cairns, Qld, check the condition of the mast head below the rotor of a Sioux helicopter numbe
Nut Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-12. Members of 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR), undergoing heavy training in preparation for the battalion's fully operational commitment in Phuoc Tuy
SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-10. CARRYING OUT ENGINE MAINTENANCE ON A SIOUX HELICOPTER OF THE 161ST INDEPENDENT RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHT ARE CORPORAL LEON POTTS OF SALISBURY, QLD (LEFT) AND CORPORAL PHIL WATSON O
Horseshoe Hill, South Vietnam. 1969-07. Private (Pte) Greg Salmon of Cremorne, NSW (left), explains the workings of an M79 grenade launcher to a South Vietnamese soldier while Pte John Dever of Muswel
South Vietnam. 1968-12. Members of 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR), undergoing heavy training in preparation for the battalion's fully operational commitment in Phuoc Tuy Province.
