The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. March 1970. Surrounded by rubber trees at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base, the 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, completes its year long tour of duty in the war zone. The 1st Field Regiment, ending its second tour, handed over to the 4th Field Regiment, also on its second tour. The parade was marked by the ceremonial firing of one red and one blue smoke round in the Nui Dinh hills, west of 1ATF base. Red and blue are traditional artillery colours.
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. March 1970. The 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, after its second tour of duty in South Vietnam, was relieved by the 4th Field Regiment, commencing its second to
South Vietnam. June 1970. Sapper Mick Lace of Campbelltown, NSW, of the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers, uses a knife to sift through the ashes of a fire in a Viet Cong base camp. He wa
At the 1st Australian Task Force Base in Nui Dat, South Vietnam, a colourful parade marked the changeover of artillery field regiments, earlier this week. Pipes and drums of 6th Battalion, The Royal A
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 9 March 1970. Corporal Russ Hollings of Bentleigh, Vic, leads his section through the jungle east of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat. He is a me
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 9 March 1970. Machine gunner Private John Turner of Metung, Vic, a member of B Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), waits for his section to
Near Nui Dat, South Vietnam. June 1970. Gunners of the 107th Field Battery form a chain gang to load artillery rounds into the back of an armoured personnel carrier (APC) before moving into the west o
