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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 Exercise Nilla Qua in the Army's Shoalwater Bay training area, north of Rockhampton, Qld. The 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), and supporting elements of armour, artillery and engineering, is being trained in counter insurgency type operations prior to its departure for South Vietnam shortly.
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
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
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
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. 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. 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
