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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Private Ian Wise of Tweed Heads, NSW, and Pte Tom Williams of Scone, NSW, both serving with 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), loaded with machine gun ammunition, ride 'shotgun' as they head off on Operation Petrie aboard a Centurion tank during a hunt for concealed Viet Cong bunker systems. 8RAR later located and destroyed a big enemy bunker hideout.
A column of Centurion tanks rumble through a jungle clearing during Operation Petrie. Riding 'shotgun' on the tail of an armoured recovery vehicle is Private Allen Aspinall of Yeppoon, Qld. He is a fo
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. In a rubber plantation, Private Gordon Pollard of Mount Morgan, Qld, medic with 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), treats his patient. P
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Armed with a US Rocket Launcher 66mm M72 Light Anti Tank Weapon (LAW) and an L1A1 self-loading rifle, Private Nicholas Andropof of Reservoir, Vic, patrols
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Waist-high in thick grass, a signaller keeps a wary eye on the jungle fringe during a combined infantry-tank operation against Viet Cong bunker systems in
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1970-07. CROUCHED LOW IN THE WELL OF AN ARMOURED VEHICLE IS PRIVATE KEN FLETCHER, 20, FROM RANDWICK, NSW. HE IS ARMED WITH A GRENADE LAUNCHER GOING INTO OPERATION PE
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Waist-high in thick grass, a signaller keeps a wary eye on the jungle fringe during a combined infantry-tank operation against Viet Cong bunker systems in
