The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. June 1970. The flat rice paddy provides a backdrop of greenery as a South Vietnamese Army soldier learns ambush techniques from an Army instructor at a fire support base near the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat. The pupil is Sergeant Dieng of South Vietnam's 5th Cavalry Regiment and the instructor is Warrant Officer Class 2 Danny Neville of Newtown, NSW, with 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), which has established a special training cadre for South Vietnamese troops.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. June 1970. A South Vietnamese soldier learns the art of aiming a Claymore mine from his instructor, Private (Pte) Ian Gowlett of Glenbrook, NSW. Pte Gowlett, serving
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. June 1970. A South Vietnamese cavalryman learns the art of wiring up a Claymore mine from Corporal John Davies of Plympton Park, SA. He is serving with 7th Battalion
South Vietnam. June 1970. Private (Pte) Sam Bradford of Dampier, WA (left), and Pte Allan Brown of Prahran, Vic feed a visitor to a fire support base his ration of Army biscuits. The bird has adopted
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. June 1970. 2275971 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Terry Halfacree of Penrith, NSW, shows a South Vietnamese soldier how to set up a Claymore mine. L Cpl Halfacreek, serving
South Vietnam. June 1970. The muzzle of a 53 ton Centurion tank, points menacingly out from a fire support base near the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat. The tank, one of a squadron,
South Vietnam. June 1970. Under the protective muzzle of a dug-in Centurion tank, which marks the perimeter of their homebase, part of an infantry patrol files out on operations. The soldiers are, fro
