The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 seen preparing for a battalion attack by the friendly force, 6th Battalion, 6RAR. This was the climax to Exercise Foxhole at Shoalwater Bay, near Rockhampton. For nearly three weeks, about ninety men from 2RAR had eluded 6RAR but they now occupied the village known as Old Kiever, where final training for 6RAR will finish before they depart for South Vietnam.
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. April 1966. Lance Corporal Rod Hogan, 23, of Stafford, Qld (left), and Private Graham Kelly, 19, of Toowoomba, Qld, inspect an enemy booby trap that they uncovered during a search
Alert Trooper (Tpr) David Allen, 21, of Toogoolawah, Qld, guards an armoured personnel carrier (APC) during massive exercises in Shoalwater Bay north of Rockhampton, Qld. The 6th Battalion, The Royal
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. April 1966. Men of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), race for cover after landing in a helipad in the Polygon Mountains, during exercises in the Shoalwater Bay
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. 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
Rockhampton, Qld. April 1966. Trooplift brought memories of the 2nd World War to some of the older residents of Rockhampton as members of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), filed abo
