The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Long Tan, South Vietnam. 18 August 1970. Soldiers bow their heads under monsoonal drizzle to pay homage to their fallen comrades. The service, to mark the fourth anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, was held on the former battlefield in the middle of a rubber plantation. More than fifty soldiers including the Commander of 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Brigadier William Henderson, attended the memorial service. In the Battle, on 8 August 1966, troops of D company, 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), were attacked by a regiment of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong. A stone cross and four corner posts now stand near the spot where eighteen Australians and 245 enemy troops died.
Long Tan, South Vietnam. 18 August 1970. Soldiers bow their heads under monsoonal drizzle to pay homage to their fallen comrades. The service, to mark the fourth anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan,
LONG TAN, VIETNAM. 1970-08-18. SILENT HOMAGE BY THREE MEN OF THE SPECIAL AIR SERVICES (SAS) REGIMENT FOR FALLEN COMRADES. THE THREE WERE AMONG ABOUT FIFTY SOLDIERS WHO ATTENDED A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR
South Vietnam. 18 August 1970. Solemn moment for four veterans of the historic Battle of Long Tan as they stand again on the battlefield at a fourth anniversary service. Left to right: Sergeant (Sgt)
Long Tan, South Vietnam. 18 August 1969. A memorial cross, made by the Assault Pioneer Platoon of 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a co
Long Tan, South Vietnam. 1969-08-18. A memorial cross, made by the Assault Pioneer Platoon of 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a compon
LONG TAN, VIETNAM. 1969. THE MEMORIAL CROSS WITH ITS FOUR WHITE CORNER POSTS, NEWLY ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE EIGHTEEN SOLDIERS OF 6TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), WHO DIED IN THE B
