The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. 1967. Struggling through a mangrove swamp during Operation Portsea is 2781995 Private Bernd Wesiak of Merrylands, NSW, a soldier of A Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR). In the background is Sergeant Stewart Smerdon of Grovely, Qld. The Company was chasing the enemy from hideouts along a branch of the Song Rai River.
South Vietnam. February 1967. Fighting in Vietnam turned out to be a sticky task during Operation Portsea for soldiers of A Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), when they were
Vietnam. 1967. Struggling through mud in a mangrove swamp during Operation Portsea is Lance Corporal Tony Henshall of Salisbury North, SA, a soldier of A Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian R
Vietnam. 1967. Troops of A Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), negotiating their way through a mangrove swamp on the edge of the Song Rai River. Stepping out is Bombardier Ed
Moving through mangrove swamps along a tributary of the Song Rai River, members of A Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), pick their way between tree roots on Operation Portse
Members of A Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), leave an assault craft to search through mangrove swamps, after having been ferried by boat across a deep alligator infested
Weapons at the ready, Assault Pioneers of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), move along a tributary of the Song Rai River watching for recent signs of Viet Cong activity. The Pioneer
