The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Australian Regiment (6RAR), in its final training prior to their departure and service in South Vietnam had the support of the APCs during the second phase of Exercise Foxhole, aimed at honing 6RAR in its final training. Tpr Allen is from B Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment.
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. 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
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
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. 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
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
