The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
FIRE SUPPORT BASE PEGGY, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1969-12. PRIVATE BRIAN HALES, 21, OF PERTH, W.A. (LEFT) PREPARES TO FIRE A 81 MILIMETRE MORTAR. CROUCHING LOW IN READINESS FOR THE FIRING ARE 39890 PRIVATE (PTE) GEOFFREY NEUBECKER, 20, OF HAWTHORN, VIC (CENTRE), AND 218680 PTE KEITH BOOG, 21, OF ROCKDALE, NSW. ALL THE SOLDIERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE MORTAR PLATOON OF 8TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (8RAR).
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1970-01. Two mortarmen duck the muzzle blast of their 81mm mortar as a bomb speeds on its way to the enemy. The soldiers are Private (Pte) Keith Boog of Rockdale, NS
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1970. Checking a map before calling down mortar fire is Private Brian Ives of Brighton, Qld (front), and Corporal Christopher St Clair of Glen Innes, NSW. The
Standing in the gun pit under a tarpaulin cover Private (Pte) Steve Myers of Narrabeen, NSW, loads an M67 90mm recoilless rifle while Pte Jim Connon of Berrie, SA, prepares for firing. The men are mem
Mortarmen of the 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), duck the mu
South Vietnam. 1970-01. A Chinese Communist 82mm mortar, was captured by D Company, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), during Operation Atherton in northern Phuoc Tuy Province. Lieut
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1970-01. Soldiers sit atop an armoured personnel carrier (APC) as they move out from Fire Support Base Peggy for a late afternoon patrol. The soldiers from the Brisb
