The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Inside knowledge of the Viet Cong's (VC) methods and tactics pays dividends. Here a former VC, Bushman Scout, Son (right) holding a 5.56 mm M16A1 automatic rifle, showing two members of an Australian patrol the sign for a booby-trapped area. At left is 4720667 Private Brian Wesley Watkinson, aged 22, of Streaky Bay, SA, holding a 7.62 mm, M60 general purpose machine gun (GPMG) and 1201923 Lance Corporal Barry John Kirby (centre), aged 26, of Lowood, Qld, armed with a 40mm, M79 grenade launcher. Both Australians are members of the 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR).
An Australian soldier is shown a sign pointing in the direction of an enemy mine. The sign was found by two Bushman Scouts on a track that an Australian patrol was about to use. One tracker (right) is
A variety of Australian weapons, including 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine guns (GPMG), 7.62 mm L1A1 self-loading rifles, 5.56 mm M16A1 automatic rifles and hand grenades all used during the Battl
A blindfolded soldier Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) piecing together a 5.56 mm M16A1 automatic rifle, while unidentified Australian troops look on. Some of the rifle components can be seen at
Once again a Bushman Scout's knowledge of the Viet Cong (VC) pays off. A sign pointing in the direction of an enemy mine is found by Bushman Scout Doun Van Tu, 19 (right), on a track that an Australia
3101948 Major Richard James Wellard (foreground, wearing bush hat), leads out D Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment - New Zealand (ANZAC) (4RAR), the last group to vacate the 1st Aus
A mixed group of Australian and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) soldiers about to leave an unidentified ARVN compound for an ambush drill. Identified foreground from left are 2790951 Private (P
