The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified members of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), hard at work replacing their hutchi (hoochie) which collapsed last night during a heavy downpour of rain. Men who have been on duty all night must have a safe place to sleep by day. The overhead cover must be thick and strong to protect them from the constant enemy shelling and mortaring.
Private Bill Peast of Homebush, NSW, and the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), cleans out sandbags which were previously used as the walls of his hutchi before it collapsed during t
During the night the cook house of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), did not stand up to the rain and here the cooks prepare a meal of hard boiled eggs, bacon and potato in the
Private Norm Symons, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), of Redfern, NSW, whose mates have been on duty all night, makes tea to welcome them back to their hutchi. As it can be dangero
Australian soldier in improvised shelter or dugout. 'I made the sketch while living there at Battalion Headquarters (15 Australian Infantry Battalion, 29 Brigade). The small space, covered with some h
Less than two months before being due to return to Australia, soldiers of the 5th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, have made a hilltop to hilltop change of location in Vietnam to occupy and f
One of the weapon pits used by the detachment from Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF). This weapon pit is constructed with weather protection provided by light press-studded and eye-letted
