The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. c. 1966. Soldiers of the Mortar Platoon of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) checking the outcome during either Operation Ingham or Operation Duck. Mortar bombs and empty mortar canisters lie behind the mortar which is an excellent weapon for close support of the Battalion. Operation Ingham was a search and destroy mission in the area east of the Task Force Base and carried out between 18 November and 3 December. Operation Duck was a two part operation, commencing 14 December until 5 January 1967, to secure the National Highway Route 15 from the town of Baria to the village of Phu My. (Donor W. Cox)
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. c. 1966. Soldiers of the Mortar Platoon of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) duck and cover their ears when they fire their 81mm mortar during action
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. c. 1966. The Mortar Platoon of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) in action during either Operation Ingham or Operation Duck. Mortar shells are lined
Vietnam. c. December 1966. A soldier from 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) is digging out a sandbagged weapon pit in front of his hutchi (Shelter Individual). The hootchies offered
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. c. June 1966. Soldiers of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), rest during Operation Enoggera, a search and destroy operation in the supposedly empty villa
Vietnam. c. December 1966. An informal portrait of 1730760 Private (Pte) Brian Nolan (left) and 2781821 Pte William Albert (Bill) Cox, both soldiers from 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. c. June 1966. Soldiers of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), on board International MkIII GS cargo trucks lined up ready to move out of the task force ba
