The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1971. Members of a Vietnamese Regional Force platoon move along a track during a simulated mine incident in Phuoc Tuy Province. Watching their technique is Warrant Officer Class 2 Les Maher of Portsea, Vic, leader of one of the Mobile Advisory Training Team (MATT) operating in the Province. The teams have been training and testing Vietnamese local forces in Australian weapons and infantry tactics.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1971. Members of a Vietnamese Regional Force platoon move along a track during a simulated mine incident in Phuoc Tuy Province. Watching their technique is Wa
Long My, South Vietnam. February 1971. Gunner Gary Lawrence of Hobart, Tas, takes down a message during a combined Mobile Advisory and Training Team (MATT) / Regional Force operation. Gunner Lawrence,
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1971. Mobile Advisory and Training Team (MATT) member, Warrant Officer Class 2 Mick Youl of Wahroonga, NSW (right), passes on his expert knowledge of the M6
Binh Ba, South Vietnam. February 1971. Mobile Advisory and Training Team (MATT) soldiers link up with Vietnamese Regional Force (RF) personnel to plot a course during an operation in Phuoc Tuy Provinc
Lang Phuoc Hai, South Vietnam. 1969-09. Private Walter Lugg of Lane Cove, NSW, and Lance Corporal Larry Wakeham of Sefton, NSW, instruct Vietnamese Regional Force (RF) soldiers in the workings of a Cl
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. June 1971. Sergeant Harry Bird of Penrith, NSW, holds a Viet Cong (VC) switch used for mines and booby traps. The VC have proved ingenious at making these switches f
