The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1970-02. HAVING A SHOWER IN THE FIELD IS NOTHING NEW, BUT A BATH! SAPPER (SPR) LANCE NICHLOS, 21, OF EDDYSTONE POINT LIGHTHOUSE, TAS, TAKES ADVANTAGE OF A BREAK IN THE DAILY ROUTINE AT FIRE SUPPORT BASE PAT, TO ENJOY THE LUXURY OF A BATH IN A TRAILER AND LISTEN TO HIS RADIO. SPR NICHLOS AN ENGINEER FROM THE 1ST FIELD SQUADRON, WAS ATTACHED TO 5TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (5RAR), FOR OPERATION BONDI, 5RAR'S LAST OPERATION IN VIETNAM. THE BATTALION WAS DUE TO SAIL FOR HOME LATER IN THE MONTH ON BOARD THE TROOPSHIP HMAS SYDNEY AFTER A YEAR IN THE WAR ZONE.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1970. 1735402 Sapper (Spr) Virgil Power of Maryborough, Qld (left) and 313253 Private (Pte) Wallace (Wally) Cameron of Greensborough, Vic, preparing a tree
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1970. Roman Catholic chaplain, Tom Shanahan of Tamworth, NSW, administers communion to soldiers of 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) at Fi
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1970. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Bob Armitage of Holsworthy, NSW, is resting on the ground smoking a cigarette while listening to his transistor radio, h
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. February 1970. Sergeant Ken Thompson of Greensborough, Vic, Lance Corporal Harold Amor of Tullamore, NSW, and Major (Maj) Reg Sutton of Duntroon, ACT, are in the jungle listen
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. February 1970. The Tiger Battalion, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), remembers fallen comrades at a memorial parade. The Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colo
Pte Laurie Carroll of Mentone, Victoria (front), Pte Garry Cashion of Tasmania (second) and Pte Michael Clough of Holsworthy, NSW (rear), all of A Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
