The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), keep a sharp watch as their outboard-powered aluminium assault craft moves up a river. Assault Pioneer Platoon, 2RAR, together with engineers from the 1st Field Squadron, patrolled in the Rung Sat, the vast tangle of waterways and mangrove swamps which form the western coastline. The area has long been used by the Viet Cong to infiltrate food and supplies. Left to right, are: Private (Pte) Colin McDonald of Mackay, Qld; Pte David House of Gumdale, Qld; Corporal Joe Braumberger of Townsville, Qld. Second from left is a Vietnamese National Policeman.
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 com
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), sits pensively in a a helicopter prior to being dropped onto Long Son Island in the Rung Sat area. From 6 to 12 Nove