The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
VIETNAM. 1966-08-19. BOOTS DRAGGED DOWN BY MUD AND SHOULDERS STOOPED FROM EXHAUSTION, SOLDIERS FROM THE 6TH BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), PLOD ON WITH GRIM DETERMINATION IN SEARCH OF A LARGE VIET CONG (VC) FORCE. THE ENEMY WERE RETREATING AFTER LOSING 250 MEN IN A BITTER BATTLE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN FORCE AT LONG TAN, IN PHUOC TUY PROVINCE DURING OPERATION SMITHFIELD. THE SEARCHING AUSTRALIANS FOUND HASTILY DUG GRAVES AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF THE LARGE SCALE VC RETREAT.
Portrait of 22900 Warrant Officer 2 John (Jack) Roughley, CSM of A Company, 6RAR of Oxley, Brisbane, Qld, contacts his platoon headquarters from an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) sweeping after retr
Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Private Brian Wood of Toowoomba, Qld, carrying an M60 machine gun, was among soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), who decimated and pursued the Vie
During Operation Smithfield, armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of 1 APC Squadron and troops on foot sweep along in pursuit of retreating Viet Cong in Phuoc Tuy Province. The chase followed a savage b
During Operation Smithfield troops moving off in Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) of 1 APC Squadron in a sweep in pursuit of retreating Viet Cong in Phuoc Tuy Province. The chase followed a savage b
DURING OPERATION SMITHFIELD AUSTRALIAN ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APCS) OF 1 APC SQUADRON AND SOLDIERS ON FOOT SWEEP ALONG IN PURSUIT OF RETREATING VIET CONG TROOPS IN PHUOC TUY PROVINCE. THE CHASE
Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Utterly exhausted, but watchful and grimly determined, members of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), push through dense scrub country in search of retreating
