The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Chinook helicopter at 2,000 feet. The gun rode high above paddy fields in mid air for most of its journey from a Fire Support Base (FSB) in Phuoc Tuy Province. It was being returned to Nui Dat for refitting by the Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers RAEME personnel at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF).
Action stations at Fire Support Base (FSB) Pamela in South Vietnam. This graphic aerial photograph, taken from a helicopter, captures five M2A2 105mm Howitzer guns of 12th Field Regiment, Royal Austra
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. June 1971. Smoke and flame as Gunner Bob Eddington of Narrogin, WA, prepares to move in to fire the next round from a 105mm Howitzer gun at Nui Dat, Headquarters of the 1st Aus
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. June 1971. Gunner Doug Winterbotham of Kingaroy, Qld (left), prepares to reload during a fire mission at Nui Dat, Headquarters of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF). Gunner B
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. June 1971. Lance Bombardier Tim Triffet of New Norfolk, Tas (right) fires a 105mm Howitzer gun. He is watched by the other members of the gun crew, Gunner Peter Davison of Moor
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. June 1971. Lance Bombardier Tim Triffet of New Norfolk, Tas (right) fires a 105mm Howitzer gun. He is watched by the other members of the gun crew, Gunner Peter Davison of Moor
NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1969-12. ROYAL CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (RAEME) TECHNICIANS ARE THE MEN WHO KEEP THE MACHINES AND WEAPONS OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE IN OPE
