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PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 9 MARCH 1970. MEN FROM B COMPANY, 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), CARRY A MATE WHO HAS COLLAPSED FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION TO A WAITING HELICOPTER. THE BATTALION WAS TAKING PART IN ITS FIRST OPERATION - CODENAMED FINSCHHAFEN - AFTER ARRIVING FOR ITS SECOND TOUR OF DUTY. THE OPERATION TOOK PLACE EAST OF THE TASK FORCE BASE AT NUI DAT.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 9 March 1970. A rifle was an extra burden for machine gunner Private (Pte) Paul McGrath of Orange, NSW, who was sharing the load of a soldier who had collapsed from
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 9 March 1970. Machine gunner Private John Turner of Metung, Vic, a member of B Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), waits for his section to
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 9 March 1970. Troops of B Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), waste no time throwing sacks of full water bottles along the line in a re-sup
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 9 March 1970. Corporal Russ Hollings of Bentleigh, Vic, leads his section through the jungle east of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat. He is a me
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 9 March 1970. A forward scout has reported sighting a fire in the jungle and Sergeant Doug Fieldhouse of Fairfield, NSW, quickly moves to get a better look. He is th
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 9 March 1970. Sergeant (Sgt) Graham Collins of Holsworthy, NSW, and formerly of Reservoir, Vic, crawls back to his platoon after investigating a fire in the jungle a
