The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 9 March 1970. A rifle was an extra burden for machine gunner Private (Pte) Paul McGrath of Orange, NSW, who was sharing the load of a soldier who had collapsed from the heat. Pte McGrath, a member of B Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), was taking part in the battalion's first operation only ten days after the battalion arrived on the troopship HMAS Sydney for its second tour of duty in the war zone. Codenamed Finschhafen, the operation took place east of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat.
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
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 9 MARCH 1970. MEN FROM B COMPANY, 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), CARRY A MATE WHO HAS COLLAPSED FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION TO A WAITING HELICOPTER. T
A platoon (5 platoon) from B Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), gather around Lieutenant Doug Gibbons of Greenmount, WA (with notebook and stick pointer), for a final briefi
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. Troops of B Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), waste no time throwing sacks of full water bottles along the line in a re-sup
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 9 March 1970. A forward scout has reported sighting a fire in the jungle and Sergeant Doug Fieldhouse of Fairfield, NSW, quickly moves to get a better look. He is th
