The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. June 1970. The crew of this 50 ton Centurion tank, from 1st Armoured Regiment, rigged up a hasty shelter over their turret as protection from the blistering tropical sun. A squadron of the unit's tanks was patrolling the perimeter of a fire support base during an operation which was aimed at throttling Viet Cong supply lines from villages and hamlets.
South Vietnam. June 1970. Trooper (Tpr) James Nicholson of Morphett Vale, SA, and Tpr Tony Murphy of Salisbury, SA, erected a nylon shelter to give them overhead cover from the blistering tropical sun
Corporal Bruce Scott of Albany, WA (left), and Trooper Bob McGill of Innisfail, Qld, erected a nylon shelter to give them overhead cover from the blistering tropical sun while they were on the lookout
Corporal Bruce Scott of Albany, WA (wearing a hat), and Trooper Bob McGill of Innisfail, Qld, on lookout for enemy activity on a Centurion tank. The men have erected a nylon shelter above the tank hat
Corporal Bruce Scott of Albany, WA (wearing a hat), and Trooper Bob McGill of Innisfail, Qld, on lookout for enemy activity on a Centurion tank. The men have erected a nylon shelter above the tank hat
Corporal Bruce Scott of Albany, WA (wearing a hat), and Trooper Bob McGill of Innisfail, Qld, on lookout for enemy activity on a Centurion tank. The men have erected a nylon shelter above the tank hat
SOUTH VIETNAM. JUNE 1970. UNDER THE PROTECTIVE MUZZLE OF A DUG-IN CENTURION TANK, AN INFANTRY PATROL MOVES OUT OF ITS BASE. THE SOLDIERS, ALL FROM WA, ARE FROM FRONT TO REAR: PRIVATE DENNIS SCOTT, 21,
