The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. March 1969. Ready to join a helicopter for an airborne assault is Private Peter Ashton of Clovelly Park, SA, a member of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR). The Battalion is now on Exercise Bright Armour in the Shoalwater Bay area, north of Rockhampton. The exercise is preparing the Battalion for its second tour of duty in South Vietnam later this year.
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. March 1969. On guard at a well protected bunker deep in dense bush in the Raspberry Creek sector of the Shoalwater Bay training area, is Corporal Peter Kent of Cudgen, NSW. Corpor
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. March 1969. Patrol of A Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), moves out of a defensive position on a probe into scrub in the Raspberry Creek sector of Shoa
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. February 1967. Making a weapons check on an armoured personnel carrier (APC) is Trooper Bernie Carey, 20, of Woodridge, Qld, a member of 2 Cavalry Regiment, who is taking part in
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. February 1968. Members of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), dressed in authentic vietnamese dress specially made for exercise purposes. The 6th Battalion provid
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. April 1966. A Viet Cong Village seen from above was constructed by Army Engineers and a simulated `enemy' force supplied by 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), is
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. February 1968. Corporal Phillip Buttigieg of Cilles Plains, SA, dressed as a Vietnamese peasant, performs the Buddhist custom of shaking fortune sticks. Second Lieutenant John Nee
