The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. June 1970. Bulldozer driver Sapper Noel Jacobson of Gunalda, Qld, gouges a steep embankment round a fire support base. The embankment is to provide a defensive wall for soldiers of 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), which has set up roadblocks to check identification cards and examine vehicles and travellers for suspected Viet Cong and draft dodgers. An M60 machine gun is placed on the embankment.
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1970-06. Aboriginal serviceman Corporal Vincent Roberts of Rockhampton, Qld, a member of 2RAR/NZ (ANZAC) (the ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment
South Vietnam. June 1970. A South Vietnamese national policeman checks the identification cards of people on a Saigon-bound bus assisted by two Australian soldiers. They are Private (Pte) Peter Scott
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. June 1970. Private (Pte) Neville Hanson of Gympie, Qld, is training a South Vietnamese bushman scout in the art of weapon handling with the M60 machine gun. Pte Hanson is servi
South Vietnam. June 1970. A soldier from C Company, 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zeal
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. March 1970. Private (Pte) Mick Rocket of Greenslopes, Qld, lays down a barrage with his M60 machine gun near Fire Support Base Peggy. Pte Rocket is a member of Suppo
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1970-03. A 105MM ARTILLERY ROUND RIPS THROUGH THE NIGHT ON ITS WAY TO THE ENEMY. THE HOWITZER, FROM THE 101ST BATTERY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, WAS FIRING IN SUPP
