The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vietnam 1966-08-19. Private Ken Meredith (facing camera) waits with a group of signallers for the order to move back to base after a bitter engagement with the Viet Cong (VC) at Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province. Australians killed 250 VC in this action.
VIETNAM. 1966-08-19. BOOTS DRAGGED DOWN BY MUD AND SHOULDERS STOOPED FROM EXHAUSTION, SOLDIERS FROM THE 6TH BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), PLOD ON WITH GRIM DETERMINATION IN SEARCH OF A
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM. 1966-08-19. A SMILING 1731079 PRIVATE JOHN DAVID WINSTONE, SUPPORT SECTION COMPANY HEADQUARTERS, C COMPANY, 6TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), WAITS TO B
Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Private Brian Wood of Toowoomba, Qld, carrying an M60 machine gun, was among soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), who decimated and pursued the Vie
Tired out from hours of fighting and sleeplessness, Corporal Geoff "Doc" Jones, C Company medic, of Bankstown, Sydney, NSW, waits for the order to pull out and move back to his base. Geoff was among t
South Vietnam. 1966-08-19. During Operation Smithfield, Australian armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of 1 APC Squadron and soldiers on foot sweep along in pursuit of retreating Viet Cong troops in Ph
Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Utterly exhausted, but watchful and grimly determined, members of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), push through dense scrub country in search of retreating
