The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal group portrait of eight members of 5 Platoon, B Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), in the B Company lines at the Australian task force base. The photograph was taken in the morning, some hours before the platoon took part in Operation Bribie. Left to right: back row: 3787612 Private (Pte) Ian Harvey Male, 1730900 Pte Brian Mervyn Bodley, 216177 Pte Robert Garry Maguire, 2781899 Pte Michael James Birchell, 5411564 Pte Jeffrey Darby ; front row: 2782231 Pte Ronald Noel Lockhart, 2781363 Pte Peter John Arnold, 3786665 Pte Christopher Mervyn Fankhauser. Absent from this photograph, but on the Operation, was 311458 Corporal Alexander Edward Smith, Section Commander. These men formed the rear of the reserve section during the assault. Pte Birchell and Pte Arnold were killed in action later that day when they took the machine gun to right flank to give covering fire whilst other members of the Platoon were attempting to extract the wounded from the right forward section. Pte Darby was wounded in action.
Informal group portrait of nine members of 5 Platoon, B Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), in the B Company lines at the Australian task force base. The photograph was taken
Informal group portrait of eight members of 5 Platoon, B Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), in the B Company lines at the Australian task force base. The photograph was take
Informal group portrait of four members of 5 Platoon, B Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) and an interpreter (probably a conscript) of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (A
Members of 1 (Signals) Platoon, Headquarters Company, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. Left to right: Back row: Pte S Charlie Cashion; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified;
1200253 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Paul Thomas Boynes, Support Section, B Company Headquarters, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) acting as a look out during the evacuation of 38728 Priv
16646 Private (Pte) Richard Beverley Odendahl, left and 214031 Corporal (Cpl) Robin William Jones, right, both from 5 Platoon, B Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) treating 5
