The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified Australian soldiers establishing their sleeping shelters at Fire Support Base (FSB) Maree/Marie during Operation Ivanhoe (19 September - 2 October 1971). A Kiowa helicopter is visible (background) and a mechanical backhoe is being used to dig pits and trenches. the curved sections of corrugated drainage culvert will be erected over the pit (foreground) and then covered with a layer of sandbags, which will provide a degree of shelter to the occupant underneath it. Canvas and nylon hutchies and stacked ration boxes are also visible.
A view of three individual rest and sleeping shelters at Fire Support Base (FSB) Maree/Marie, during Operation Ivanhoe (19 September - 2 October 1971). To construct these shelters, a pit is dug and th
An 81 mm mortar set up and waiting to be emplaced in a mortar pit at Fire Support Base (FSB) Maree/Marie, which is being established for operation Ivanhoe (19 September - 2 October 1971). In the backg
A group of unidentified Australian soldiers watch on as an operator uses a mechanical backhoe, attached to the back of a small Oliver bulldozer, to dig a shelter pit at Fire Support Base (FSB) Maree/M
The newly constructed sleeping shelter for 311580 Major Peter John Pearson at the task force headquarters, located on Courtenay Hill (YS 4690) at the commencement of Operation Overlord. The open ended
Two unidentified soldiers relaxing in their sleeping quarters at Fire Support Base Kiley which was occupied by elements of 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR). These structures were of
An unidentified Australian soldier busy cleaning his field stripped 7.62 mm L1A1 self-loading rifle (SLR) whilst sitting in the back of an M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) at Fire Support Base
