The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. November 1971. Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) Geoff McCormack of Devonport, Tas, checks out a bulldozer in preparation for its return to Australia. WO1 McCormack is a senior mechanical equipment inspector with the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) and has inspected more than 1,000 vehicles in the past two months to ensure they are serviceable, cleaned in accordance with Australian quarantine regulations, and preserved, before they are sent back to Australia.
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. November 1971. Captured enemy weapons are being stripped of all foreign matter, as required by quarantine regulations, before they are shipped to war museums in Australia. Car
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. November 1971. Sergeant Kelvin Jones of Narooma, NSW (centre), with two Vietnamese women who are assisting him to clean a section of an aluminium tent pole at Vung Tau. The po
South Vietnam. June 1971. Stringent quarantine regulations necessitate that Army vehicles returning to Australian have a thorough wash down to remove any organic material they may have picked up in So
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. November 1971. Radio equipment which has been subjected to harsh conditions in the jungles of South Vietnam is being cleaned thoroughly before it can be shipped back to Austra
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. September 1971. Private Sid Patterson of Warrane, Tas, checks the engine of an Australian vehicle during preparations for its return to Australia. The vehicle is one of many of
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. August 1971. Water and mud fly as Private James Marshall of Subiaco, WA, a member of 1st Ordnance Field Park detachment with the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), using a high-
