The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1970. Private Peter Lloyd of Nelsons Bay, NSW, a soldier of C Company, 8th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), searches through a pile of food and supplies taken from the bodies of seventeen Viet Cong killed in an ambush just south of the village of Hoa Long early on the morning of 12 August 1970. Australians in armoured personnel carriers (APCs) killed another enemy and took five prisoners of war (POWs) from the same re-supply party, which entered Hoa Long late the night before and was ambushed by the Australians early next morning as it left to return to its hideout.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1970. Private Robin Gill of Pasadena, SA, a soldier of C Company, 8th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), searches through packs taken from the b
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1970. Ambush commander, Sergeant (Sgt) Charles Sherrin of Shepparton, Vic, describes the action in which his platoon killed seventeen Viet Cong, to the 1st Au
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1970. An armoured personnel carrier (APC) sits astride Route Two as part of a cordon around the village of Hoa Long just south of Nui Dat. In the rice paddy i
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. AUGUST 1970. AN AUSTRALIAN ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC) SITS ASTRIDE ROUTE TWO OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE OF HOA LONG NEAR THE SCENE OF THE AMBUSH OF 12 AUGUST 1970 IN
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. August 1970. Commander of the Australian Force in Vietnam (COMAFV), Major General C. A. E. Fraser, talks with Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Norman Sinclair of Seven Hills, NSW, a sold
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. August 1970. Commander of the Australian Force in Vietnam (COMAFV), Major General C. A. E. Fraser, talks to 8 Platoon, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR). Maj
