The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. May 1971. Major J. M. Masters, MC, (left) Battery Commander of 161 Battery, Royal New Zealand Artillery (RNZA), receives the Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) trophy for almost five years of continual support of Battalions of the RAA. Awarding the trophy is the Commanding Officer, 12 Field Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel B. R. Topfer. Although only awarded in the presence of 12 Field Regiment officers and sergeants, the inscription on it reads that it also represents the 1st and 4th Field Regiments, RAA. All three regiments have commanded 161 Battery on two occasions each since 1966.
South Vietnam. May 1971. A 105mm Howitzer gun of A Battery, 12th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), makes an unusual picture when photographed through the cargo inspection hatch of a US
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. April 1971. Soldiers at the 1st Australian Task Force Base (1ATF), enjoyed a visit by Australian entertainers. The entertainers met with some of the soldiers after the performa
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. March 1971. Consulting a map before moving off into the jungle on a one day operation and night ambush in the Horseshoe feature in Phuoc Tuy Province, is Corporal Do
South Vietnam. March 1971. Communications play a vital role in operation in the dense jungles of Phuoc Tuy Province. Radio operators such as Gunner Graeme Walton of Taree, NSW, are in constant touch w
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. August 1971. The 100th birthday of the Australian Regular Army and its oldest unit, A Field Battery, was celebrated at Nui Dat, headquarters of the 1st Australian Task Force (1
Long My, South Vietnam. February 1971. Gunner Gary Lawrence of Hobart, Tas, takes down a message during a combined Mobile Advisory and Training Team (MATT) / Regional Force operation. Gunner Lawrence,
