The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1967. 214295 Corporal Des Ceruti of Randwick, NSW, sights through a theodolite while completing a tactical traverse of the Horseshoe in preparation for completing accurate maps of the area. Corporal Ceruti is a member of the 1st Topographical Survey Troop located at the 1st Australian Task Force Headquarters (1ATF) at Nui Dat, in Phuoc Tuy Province. The Horseshoe is a fortified outpost east of the headquarters.
Vietnam. 1967. Wireless communications are vital for troops based at the Horseshoe, a strongly fortified outpost east of the 1st Australian Task Force Headquarters at Nui Dat. Looking out of the under
South Vietnam. 1967. Three sets of eyes are better than one. Left to right: Private (Pte) Roger Portlock of Tallangatta Valley, Vic; Sergeant (Sgt) Stewart Smerdon of Grovely, Qld, and Corporal (Cpl)
South Vietnam. 1967. Sappers from the 17th Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), drill for water at the Horseshoe, an extinct 100ft volcano which has been heavily fortified, east of
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-09. Sapper Lance Percey of Dynnyrne, Tas (left), and Corporal Geoff White of Lalor, Vic, with the 1st Topographical Survey Troop, at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) B
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-07. Jungle navigation for Australian troops was done with pinpoint accuracy by the 1st Topographical Survey Troop of the Army Survey Corps. Using an electronic measuring device
South Vietnam. 1968-05. Corporal Mario Apfelbaum of Newport, Vic, screen printing maps of Phuoc Tuy Province. Corporal Apfelbaum, a screenprinter before he was called up for national service, is a mem
