The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Shoalwater Bay training area. The Battalion is now on Exercise Bright Armour which is preparing it for service in South Vietnam later this year. Opposing 6RAR on the exercise is a brother battalion, 2RAR, also based in Townsville.
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. 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 B
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
Wating their turn to be helilifted into position is this "stick" of infantry from 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment as they train in heliborne assaults at the Jungle Training Centre (JTC),
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
