The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Private Colin McDonald of Mackay, Qld, a member of 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), on a river patrol, has the dual task of radio operator, and keeping a sharp watch armed with an M79 grenade launcher. The Assault Pioneer Platoon, 2RAR, with sappers from the 1st Field Squadron, used outboard-powered aluminium assault craft to patrol the Rung Sat, the vast tangle of waterways and mangrove swamps which form the western coastline.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Three members of 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Roy
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Handling the tiller on an aluminium assault craft is Corporal Bill Cummings of Elizabeth Bay, SA, a member of the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Eng
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Armed with an M16 rifle and searching a Vietnamese sampan for possible enemy supplies, is Corporal Joe Braumberger of Townsville, Qld, a member of 2RAR /N
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Sapper Bruce Staples of Church Point, NSW, a member of the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers, fixes the outboard motor of an aluminium assaul
Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) being helicoptered onto Long Son Island in the Rung Sat area. From 6 to 12 November 1966 5RAR participated in a two sequential opera
An unidentified soldier of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), on patrol during an operation in the Rung Sat area, probably on Long Son Island. 5RAR are searching for Viet Cong su
