The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1969-12. A view of an enemy weapon from the other end during Operation Marsden. Private (Pte) Dennis Power of Lalbert, Vic (left), and Pte Graham Baird of Bayswater, WA, are both members of Support 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), which was combing the rugged May Tao mountains in search of the Viet Cong. The weapon, a 75mm recoilless rifle, was found by D Company, 6RAR, in a cave along with about three tons of mines, grenades, ammunition and arms, in what is the biggest explosives and arms cache uncovered in the Province to date.
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1969-12. THE BIGGEST EXPLOSIVES AND WEAPONS CACHE FOUND IN THE PROVINCE DURING THE VIETNAM WAR IS PREPARED FOR DEMOLITION BY THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE (1ATF) AMM
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1969-12. Two soldiers examine the largest weapons and explosives cache found in the Province during the Vietnam War. Corporal Brian Mills of Townsville, Qld (left),
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 1969-12. Three Australian soldiers carry Viet Cong (VC) small arms from a weapons and explosives cache found in a cave (behind) to a nearby bomb crater for demolition. Lef
South Vietnam, 11 December 1969. The body of 55613 Private (Pte) Robert Buchan, D Company, 6RAR /NZ(ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component
South Vietnam, 11 December 1969. Soldiers tie the body of 55613 Private (Pte) Robert Buchan, D Company, 6RAR /NZ(ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and
South Vietnam, 11 December 1969. The New Zealand Army Roman Catholic padre, Chaplain Ray Stachurski, administering the last rites to 55613 Private (Pte) Robert Buchan, D Company, 6RAR /NZ(ANZAC) (The
