The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 17 February 1967. Members of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) moving through a dry paddy field 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 three direct hits from enemy 75mm recoilless rifle (RCL) fire, killing the driver and wounding the commander. All removable equipment was retrived from the vehicle under fire, however the RCL rounds had jammed the machine-guns and radio beyond retrieval. The vehicle was subsequently torched by placing grenades on the machine-guns, rupturing the fuel line and detonated with two White Phosphorous grenades. After leaving the burned-out wreckage 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. Smoke rising from the air strike during Operation Bribie. Seven members ofthe 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment 6RAR were killed and twenty si
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 17 February 1967. Members of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) sitting in a dry paddy field during Operation Bribie. Seven members of 6RAR were killed an
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 17 February 1967. Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) of A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment deployed in a dry paddy field during Operation Bribie. Seven members of 6RAR were
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 18 February 1967. A dead Viet Cong from D445 Mobile Battalion on the ground after Operation Bribie. Seven members of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment 6RAR
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 18 February 1967. A dead Viet Cong from D445 Mobile Battalion on the ground after Operation Bribie. Seven members ofthe 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment 6RAR w
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 18 February 1967. A dead Viet Cong from D445 Mobile Battalion on the ground after Operation Bribie. Seven members ofthe 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR)