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Battle training for the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), mortar platoon. The battalion moved into the Army's Shoalwater Bay Training Area, north of Rockhampton, Qld, in preparation for Exercise Nilla Qua. Seen during live firing practice with the 81mm mortar are, 19976 Private John "Andy" (Bobo) Bobongie, 24, (left) of Mackay, Qld, and Jim Molony, 22, of Camooweal, Qld. The battalion will receive final training during Exercise Nilla Qua before it moves to Vietnam between April and June. Pte Bobongie is of South Sea Islander descent.
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. February 1967. An air lift for 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) troops, now in the middle of exercise Nilla Qua in the Army's Shoalwater Bay training area, nort
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
Rockhampton, Qld. March 1967. Queensland based troops from the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), board Caribou aircraft at Rockhampton during a mass airlift of troops, vehicles, gun
Vung Tau, Vietnam. 1967-10. Two young Australian soldiers on rest and convalescence leave receive service with a smile from a Vietnamese woman serving them drinks. Private Russell Sleeman of Kingaroy,
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. 8 February 1968. Army Sioux and Royal Australian Air Force Iroquois helicopters were used extensively on resupply missions for the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1R
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. September 1968. Not a scene from Vietnam, but a village being kept under close guard during cordon and search operations by the 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR)
