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Photograph CUN/66/0300/VN Vietnam, 1962-1975Australian convoy escorted by M113 armoured personnel carriers on a South Vietnam road during Operation Abilene, a search and destroy mission thirty five miles from Saigon.

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PRIVATE (PTE) BOB CURRALL, OF PERTH, WA, FOUND A PIG TRAP SET ACROSS THE JUNGLE TRAIL WHILE PATROLLING WITH THE 1ST BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (1RAR), DURING OPERATION ABILENE, A SEARCH AND DESTROY MISSION, 35 MILES FROM SAIGON.
Australian convoy escorted by M113 armoured personnel carriers on a South Vietnam road during Operation Abilene, a search and destroy mission thirty five miles from Saigon.

Warrant Officer (WO) Harry Patch of Stafford, Brisbane, Qld, rides as lookout on an armoured personnel carrier of the 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Troop passing through a village. WO Patch, a Compan

Australian convoy escorted by M113 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) on a South Vietnam road during Operation Abilene, a search and destroy mission thirty five miles from Saigon.

Wounded Viet Cong on a stretcher is given swift medical aid by Australian Corporal Bob Howe of Granville, NSW, during Operation Abilene, a search and destroy mission involving Australian troops thirty

Private Gus Pauza of Wollongong, NSW, keeps in touch with armoured personnel carriers escorting Australian infantrymen on Operation Abilene, 35 miles from Saigon. Pte Pauza is a signaller with the 1st

214666 Private (Pte) Kenneth 'Ken' Cheers, of Sawtell, NSW, accidentally sets off a pig trap on a jungle trail. Pte Cheers was acting as forward scout on patrol with the 1st Battalion, the Royal Austr
