The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
VUNG TAU, VIETNAM. 1966-12. PRIVATE (PTE) TOM BRAND OF BALLARAT, VIC, AND 5TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (5RAR), KEEPS WATCH AGAINST PILFERERS DURING THE UNLOADING OF THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LINE SHIP THE JEPARIT. PTE BRAND CLAIMED IT WAS A WONDERFUL CHANGE FROM CONSTANT JUNGLE FIGHTING. THE VESSEL ARRIVED WITH 2,800 TONS OF WAR STORES, MAIL AND CHRISTMAS GIFT PARCELS. NOTE PTE BRAND IS HOLDING AN AMERICAN ARMY PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN.
Vung Tau, Vietnam. 1966-12. Private (Pte) Tom Brand of Ballarat, Vic, and 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), keeps watch against pilferers during the unloading of the Australian Nati
Vung Tau, Vietnam. 1966-12. Sapper Phillip Betts of the 26th Engineers Stores Squadron, N Company, seated at the stern of the Australian National Line ship Jeparit. The ship arrived with 2,800 tons of
The Minister for Repatriation, Senator McKellar, talks with soldiers of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), shortly before they moved out on a routine perimeter patrol on Christma
For hundreds of Australians living in South Vietnam, home to them is Vung Tau. One of Vietnam's busiest seaports, it juts out into the South China Sea from the Asian mainland and its a vital point on
