The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. July 1971. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) A. J. Bretherton (left), Battery Sergeant Major of A Field Battery, 12th Field Regiment, drills Sergeant Dave Quirk and Sergeant Allan Green, both of Townsville, Qld, and members of A Battery. On 1 August the Queen's Colours will be presented to the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery in Sydney by the Governor General. WO2 Bretherton is ensuring that the banner party for the day is up to scratch. Lieutenant John Sheedy, one of the Battery's Forward Observers who will formally accept the new banner, was deployed on operation when this picture was taken. All three men have been specially chosen to travel from Vietnam for the occasion. In 1927 A Battery was awarded the King's Banner and is still the only artillery unit in the Australian Army to hold such an honour.
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. July 1971. On 1 August ten 105mm artillery rounds will be fired to mark the 100th birthday of operational service of A Field Battery, 12th Field Regiment. Bombardier Peter Wats
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. August 1971. The 100th birthday of the Australian Regular Army and its oldest unit, A Field Battery, was celebrated at Nui Dat, headquarters of the 1st Australian Task Force (1
South Vietnam. 1968-09-03. Gunner Wayne Gillies of Footscray, Vic, sets the sights of a 105mm Howitzer gun for a fire mission in support of troops on operations. Gunner Gillies is a member of the 104t
South Vietnam, January 1971. Gunner (Gnr) Mervyn Bignall, 24, of Harbord, NSW, is with the 107TH Field Battery in Vietnam which fires 105MM Howitzers. But this week he visited C Battery, 5th/42nd US A
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-10. Battery Sergeant Major Arthur Cox of Revesby, NSW, the only grandfather in his regiment, admires a photograph of his new grand-daughter, Tracy, which was sent to him b
South Vietnam. January 1971. Lance Bombardier Chris Sutcliff, 21, of Jimbour, Qld (right) (holding an SLR), a member of the 107th Field Battery visits C Battery, 5th/42nd US Artillery, temporarily bas
