The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Four soldiers of D Company, 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), move in single file along a jungle path during Operation Quyet Thang in the Nui Thi Vai area. Left to right: Corporal Brian Halls of Stafford, Qld, armed with an M16 automatic rifle and carrying a radio; Private (Pte) Leonard Bartz of South Brook, Qld, armed with an M60 machine gun; Pte Montey Paul of Glen Huon, Tas, armed with a 7.62mm SLR rifle; Lance Corporal Bill Henney of Ingham, Qld. D Company had spent the previous six weeks from 1969-09-15 to 1969-11-03 retraining the 3rd Battalion, 52nd Regiment of the 18th Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) at the Horseshoe. The retraining was part of a programme to improve the fighting capability of the 18th Division which was based in nearby Long Khan.
Four soldiers of D Company, 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment),
Armed with an M16 automatic rifle and carrying a radio, Corporal (Cpl) Brian Halls of Stafford, Qld, threads his way through the jungle. He was the leader of four soldiers from D Company, 6RAR /NZ (AN
Corporal (Cpl) Brian Halls of Stafford, Qld, discusses with a Vietnamese platoon commander their location during joint operations, Operation Quyet Thang, in the Nui Thi Vai area. D Company, 6RAR /NZ (
Private Montey Paul of Glen Huon, Tas, armed with a 7.62mm SLR rifle, moves cautiously down a jungle stream. He was one of four soldiers from D Company, 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprisin
Iroquois helicopters of No. 9 Squadron RAAF prepare to land and pick-up soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 52nd Regiment of the 18th Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). The soldiers
Horseshoe Hill, South Vietnam. 1969-09. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Mel Hawksworth of Lavarack, Qld, instructs soldiers of 3/43 Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Battalion on barbed wire defenc
