The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. February 1970. The Tiger Battalion, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), remembers fallen comrades at a memorial parade. The Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Colin Khan of Woollahra, NSW, is framed against a steel sword set in concrete which is a memorial to the unit's dead. The service, part of 5RAR's farewell parade, was held just before the Battalion left for Australia aboard HMAS Sydney. During its tour of duty 5RAR lost twenty five soldiers but killed 353 enemy: a ratio of fourteen to one.
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. February 1970. An AK50 assault rifle captured by 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), is presented by the Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Colin
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. February 1970. The chromed case of the 60,000th 105mm artillery round fired in support of 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), is presented to the Battalion Com
South Vietnam. 1969-10. Commanding Officer of 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), Lieutenant Colonel Colin Khan of Woollahra, NSW, leaves the Sioux helicopter from which he often cont
South Vietnam. 1970-01. The Commander of the Australian Force, Vietnam designate, Major General (Maj Gen) C. A. E. Fraser of Duntroon, ACT, at Fire Support Base Pat. He was speaking with the Commandin
South Vietnam. 1969-10. An Australian soldier, signals a Sioux helicopter into an improvised landing pad on a grass strip. Passenger in the helicopter is the Commanding Officer of 5th Battalion, The R
The 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, which returns home to Australia on February 27 from Vung Tau, held a memorial parade in honour of its soldiers killed during the unit's present 12 mon
