The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. August 1971. A memorial service commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan was held in the rubber plantation, three miles east of Nui Dat, where seventeen soldiers of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), lost their lives in 1966. Gathered by the cross erected by 6RAR during their second tour are, left to right: Chaplains Dermott Casey, Roy Cosier and John Hamilton. The Commander of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Brigadier B. A. McDonald, has his back to the camera.
South Vietnam. January 1971. Chaplain Roy Cosier, a Methodist padre with the 1st Field Squadron, surrounded by Vietnamese children of the Baria Orphanage after he presents them with a rocker. Chaplain
LONG TAN, VIETNAM. 19 AUGUST 1966. TROOPS IN A CLEARING IN THE RUBBER PLANTATION EXAMINE SOME OF THE VIET CONG WEAPONS CAPTURED BY D COMPANY, 6TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), AFTER
Long Tan, South Vietnam. 18 August 1970. Soldiers bow their heads under monsoonal drizzle to pay homage to their fallen comrades. The service, to mark the fourth anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan,
Long Tan, South Vietnam. 18 August 1970. Soldiers bow their heads under monsoonal drizzle to pay homage to their fallen comrades. The service, to mark the fourth anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan,
South Vietnam. June 1971. Portrait of Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) R. B. D. Rutherford, MM. WO2 Rutherford was awarded the Military Medal for bravery while serving as a corporal in Vietnam with the 6
Trai Me Linh, South Vietnam. November 1971. Vietnamese soldiers of the 5th Engineer Combat Group at Trai Me Linh prepare aluminium supports of a dismantled lysaght pre-fabricated building for reconstr
