The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Soldiers of C Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) on Operation New Life, close in on a known Viet Cong house. The raid netted two Viet Cong - the leader of the local women's auxiliary responsible for making panjis and booby traps, and the head of the local Viet Cong cadre. Both Viet Cong were later identified by local villagers.
Inspecting a captured Viet Cong machine gun are regimental police Sergeant Jock Wells (left) of Liverpool, NSW, and Lance Corporal Dick Duffy of Hawthorn, Vic. Both are members of the 1st Battalion, T
Inspecting a captured Viet Cong French Mat-49 machine gun are Corporal I. R. (Stumpy) Collison of St Mary's, NSW (left), and Private L. A. Parke of Marjinup, WA. Both are members of the 1st Battalion,
Australian troops supported by an armoured personnel carrier are on the alert as they move through jungle in search of hidden Viet Cong. The men, members of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Reg
Private T. A. Smith of Newcastle, NSW, a regimental signaller with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), inspects a Viet Cong panji with a member of the Army of the Republic of Viet
Corporal Brian Collett of Manjimup, WA, leads a patrol of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), through a clearing near Chinh Duc village during Operation Life against the Viet Cong
Chinh Duc, Vietnam. 1965-12. Troops of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), stand by as a Viet Cong hideout burns after being destroyed by artillery fire. The hideout was shelled d
