The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. July 1967. A Carl Gustav anti-tank weapon is aimed by Sapper Ken Sargent of Brisbane, Qld (left), and Private Ken Ward of Maryborough, Qld. Both are currently participating in exercise Noisy Pitta in the Army's Shoalwater Bay training centre in central Queensland. Sapper Sargent is a member of 7 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) and Private Ward is a member of 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR). 8RAR is training for service in Malaysia later this year.
STAND-TO with an "enemy" attack imminent and Corporal Les Lindsay, of Mareeba, via Cairns, Qld, is alert with his F1 sub-machine carbine. A member of 8 Battalion, Royal Australian regiment (8RAR), Cpl
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. July 1967. Black Labrador tracker dog Milo, follows the trail of an `enemy' terrorist during search and clear operations in the Shoalwater Bay training area north of Rockhampton,
Blocking positions were allocated to these two soldiers from 8 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during a search and destroy operation in the Shoalwater Bay training area, north of Rockhampton, Qld
Corporal Graham "Snow" Rae, of Irmingtion, New South Wales, may be the leader in the field of a new art form - ration tin lid etching. A member of the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, curren
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. September 1969. Gunner Ken Howard, 18, of Albury, NSW, has assumed an important role with D Company, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR). Currently on exercise wit
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
