The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
'Uptight', a mammoth 52-ton Centurion tank, call sign 4B (Four Bravo) ARN 169104 of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR), having come in from the jungle to 106th Field Workshop at the Australian Task Force base for repairs. Craftsman (CFN) Geoff Smith, of Ashburton, Vic, hands down the junction unit from the gun control equipment to Cfn John Dusting, of Watsonia, Vic, for attention. The workshop repairs just about everything that moves, and has as its motto: "The Punch Behind The Task Force Fist."
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. August 1970. Fifty-ton Centurion tanks need constant maintenance to keep them battle-ready. Craftsman Garry Hutchinson of Hawthorne, Qld, repairs a junction box on one of the a
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. August 1970. Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers perform delicate instrument repairs to vital Army equipment. Lance Corporal Laird Best of Broadmeadows, Vic, a
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-12. The largest Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) unit in Vietnam, the 106th Field Workshops at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Ba
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-04. The Minister for the Army, Phillip Lynch, talks with Craftsman (Cfn) Peter Lucas of Main Ridge, Vic (left), and Cfn Colin Cobb of Tyabb, Vic, both members of 106th Fie
South Vietnam. November 1970. Craftsman Terry O'Neill, 23, of Fawkner, Vic, operates a crane on a specially equipped armoured personnel carrier (APC). Craftsman O'Neill, a soldier of the 1st Armoured
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. April 1970. A bridge layer (rear) is the topic of conversation between Protestant Chaplain-General G. E. H. Vertigan of Preston, Vic (right), Chaplain Ian Paull of Balaklava, S
