The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. 1970-01. A Chinese Communist 82mm mortar, was captured by D Company, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), during Operation Atherton in northern Phuoc Tuy Province. Lieutenant Colonel K. J. O'Neill of Alderley, Qld, hands over the mortar to the District Chief of the Duc Thanh Military Area, Major Tran Van No at Fire Support Base Peggy. The mortar will be used for the defence of the Duc Thanh area.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1970-01. Two mortarmen duck the muzzle blast of their 81mm mortar as a bomb speeds on its way to the enemy. The soldiers are Private (Pte) Keith Boog of Rockdale, NS
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1970-01. Soldiers sit atop an armoured personnel carrier (APC) as they move out from Fire Support Base Peggy for a late afternoon patrol. The soldiers from the Brisb
Fire Support Base Peggy, South Vietnam. 1970-01. Senator Tran Ngoc Thuan receives a cigarette from the Commander of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Brigadier S. P. Weir of Braddon, ACT. Looking
South Vietnam. 1970-01. A patrol from the 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), moves through the mottled light of a rubber plantation in southern Long Khanh Province. Leading the patro
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. November 1970. The Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sir Thomas Daly, takes time out to investigate a young Vietnamese boy's version of the war
Fire Support Base Peggy, South Vietnam. 1970-01. The Commander of the Australian Force, Vietnam designate, Major General (Maj Gen) C. A. E. Fraser of Duntroon, ACT (right). With him is the Commanding
