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2787637 Second Lieutenant Ross Tucker, Headquarters, 1 Australian Task Force and to his rear, 13217 Robert Charles 'Bob' Scowan, 5 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, distributing Christmas gifts of boxes of sweets and surplus rations to the villagers. Binh Ba had been the scene of bitter fighting between the Australians and the Viet Cong in June that year, which resulted in the destruction of many of the rubber plantation's houses. Since then most had been rebuilt with Australian aid.
Binh Ba, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 1969-12. A trooper shares a drink with a young Vietnamese child. B Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, distributed a Christmas gift of boxes of sweets and surplus ra
Binh Ba, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 1969-12. Trooper Brian Neal of Tuart Hill, WA, and this young Vietnamese boy met during distribution of a Christmas gift of boxes of sweets and surplus rations to
Binh Ba, South Vietnam, 1970-01. Handing some rice and surplus rations to a Vietnamese villager is the catering officer of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Second Lieutenant Ross Tucker of Bondi,
Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1970-01. Mobile dentist, Captain David Coates of Wagga Wagga, NSW, extracts the tooth of a Vietnamese Popular Force soldier at the rubber plantation village. Assisting the dent
Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1970-01. Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, rumble through the rubber plantation village, homeward bound for the 1st Australian Task Force
Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1970-01. The crew commander of an armoured personnel carrier (APC), no. 32 4349, gives 'thumbs up' for a job well done. The APC, from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, was retu
