The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. June 1970. 5716285 Lance Corporal Alan Henry Leivers of Melville, WA (left), and of A Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), and 44766 Lance Corporal Kenneth Montague Page, Port Lincoln SA, and also of A Company, look into a Viet Cong well at a bunker system near Long Tan, six miles east of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat. The well was later demolished during the operation.
2791959 Sergeant John Geoffrey Fairley (Rtd) was born in Wollongong NSW. He grew up in Wollongong and always had a passion for cameras and photography. This interview discusses his time as a National
South Vietnam. June 1970. A 'Chicom' grenade was among Viet Cong (VC) equipment found by soldiers of the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), in a bunker system near Long Tan, six mile
South Vietnam. June 1970. Examining Viet Cong (VC) equipment found in a bunker system are, left to right: Private (Pte) Reg Castles of Launceston, Tas; Pte Jim Angely of Bankstown, NSW; Pte Chris Clow
South Vietnam. June 1970. Sapper (Spr) Ralph Schaefer of Wodonga, Vic, uses a Viet Cong (VC) bamboo ladder to take a demolition charge down into a VC well at a bunker system found by soldiers of 7th B
South Vietnam. June 1970. Gunner Kerry Taheny of Edithburgh, SA, of the 106th Field Battery, burns a hole through the bamboo to make the stem of a smoker's pipe. He is attached to A Company of 7th Bat
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Infantry soldiers of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), wind down a hillside and through a stagnant swamp, during operations. Wading wai
South Vietnam. June 1970. Private Noel Godbold of Revesby, NSW, receives medical treatment for scratches from a thorn bush from Pte Ross Burton-Bradley of Nyngan, NSW. Both soldiers are with Support C
