The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BIEN HOA PROVINCE, VIETNAM. 1965. DOWN A DARK WELL GOES SAPPER BILL MURRAY, OF SLACK'S CREEK, NEAR BRISBANE, DURING AN AUSTRALIAN SEARCH FOR VIET CONG HIDEOUTS IN XAM CAY XAOI VILLAGE IN THE CONG THANH DISTRICT. MEMBERS OF THE 3RD FIELD TROOP, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, FOUND AN INTRICATE UNDERGROUND TUNNEL SYSTEM WHICH FORKED AROUND THE WELL. TUNNELS AND WELL WERE LATER DESTROYED BY EXPLOSIVES.
Cong Thanh, Vietnam. 1965. Corporal Colin Dennis of Coonabarabran, NSW, a member of 3rd Field Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, based at Bien Hoa, went into action at Xom Cay Xoai village. He is abou
Bien Hoa Province, Vietnam. 1965. Bricks, concrete and earth shower skywards as a Viet Cong reinforced bunker is exploded in Xam Cay Xaoi village, Cong Thanh district, by members of 3rd Field Troop, R
Troops of 1 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) moving out of Xam Cay Xoai village. This Australian patrol returned safely to its company position in the Cong Thanh district. In this villa
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965. Troops from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), file into Iroquois helicopters lined up at the airfield, at the start of a combined Australian-American op
An Australian soldier directs the crew of an American helicopter on to a jungle landing zone in the Cong Thanh district of Bien Hoa province during a combined Australian-American operation against the
Bien Hoa Provience, Vietnam. 1965. Warrant Officer (WO) 2 Tom Wahlin of Stafford, Brisbane, Qld, sits on a box during a rest break and reads a Time magazine during an Australian-American operation aga
