The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. June 1971. Private (Pte) Robert (Groucho) Allen of Balaclava, Vic, with his unit's mascot, Hardrock the monkey. Hardrock had jumped out of nowhere and was inspecting the M60 machine gun mounted on a tripod manned by Pte Allen. Pte Allen is a member of the Defence and Employment Platoon of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), and so too is Hardrock. She was given to the platoon as a gift of appreciation by the people of Cam My village on the Province border.
Pte Allen has a tattoo on his left forearm. The design incorporates a styilised eagle's head and dagger.
South Vietnam. April 1971. Sergeant Richard (Snow) Wright of Inverbrackie, SA (left), platoon sergeant with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), points something out to his men. Th
Cam My, South Vietnam. March 1971. Major Graham Hoffman, Officer Commanding B Company, 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component fro
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. June 1971. Private (Pte) John Purkis of Riverwood, NSW, enjoying a shower. He is standing near the top of a steep hill at a lonely Australian outpost in Phuoc Tuy Pr
Cam My, South Vietnam. March 1971. Members of 17th Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), visit the village of Cam My, Long Khanh Province. Lieutenant Roger Cooke of Weller's Hill, Q
Cam My, South Vietnam. March 1971. In the village of Cam My, Long Khanh Province, members of 17th Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), are surrounded by Vietnamese children as they
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. April 1971. Bombardier Bryan Hondaw of Evandale, SA, a member of A Field Battery, 12th Field Regiment, building up his muscles using a Bullworker chest expander, at
