The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 18 February 1967. Two members of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) lifting the body of an Australian soldier on to the lowered trim vane of an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) during Operation Bribie. Seven members of 6RAR were killed and twenty six were wounded during the operation. During the battle, one of the APCs was destroyed by a direct hit from enemy recoilless rifle (RCL) fire, killing the driver and wounding the commander. Unable to move it, the Australians set fire to it so that the Viet Cong could not salvage any working parts. After leaving it overnight, the Australians returned to find `Du Me Uc Dai Loi' (roughly translated to `Australians get stuffed') painted on the APC in blood. (Donor P. McNamee)
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 17 February 1967. Members of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) sitting on Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) during Operation Bribie. Seven members of 6RAR
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 17 February 1967. Members of C (Charlie) Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) sitting on Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) await the start of Operation Bribie
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 17 February 1967. Members of C (Charlie) Company 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) sitting on Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) await the start of Operation Bribie.
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 18 February 1967. United States Iroquois helicopters (also known as `Hueys') land in the dry paddy field to extract the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR)
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 18 February 1967. United States Army Iroquois helicopters (also known as Hueys) fly into a landing zone secured by Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) from A Squadron, 3rd
Members of 6 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), stand near Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) of A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, in a dry paddy field during Operation Bribie. The previou
