The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 forward scout with 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), which later located and destroyed a big Viet Cong bunker hideout.
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 wi
In a cloud of dust, with their 20-pounder guns at the ready, two Centurion MkV/1 tanks of A Squadron, 1st Australian Armoured Regiment, rumble along route 23 headed for Binh Tuy province. A Centurion
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. 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. July 1970. Infantrymen from 3 Platoon, 8th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), help an injured mate aboard a jungle penetrator strapped in a sling to be
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1970-07. INFANTRYMEN FROM 3 PLATOON, 8TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (8RAR), HELP AN INJURED MATE ABOARD A SLING TO BE WINCHED TO A HOVERING HELICOPTER.
