The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Within an instant of emptying an M60 machine gun Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Leonard (Len) Ellcombe of Heidelberg, Vic, kneeling on an armoured personnel carrier (APC) grabs his M16 rifle and one-handed returns the fire of a Viet Cong (VC) group who attempted to ambush APCs. L/Cpl Ellcombe is a member of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Defence and Employment platoon, part of which was attached to the APCs of B squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment for a sweep of the area. The Australians had earlier killed eleven enemy in a night ambush, and in this action accounted for five more. Two rocket launchers, five rockets, and a new Communist Chinese pistol were captured.
Within an instant of emptying an M60 machine gun Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Len Ellcombe of Heidelberg, Vic, grabs his M16 rifle and, one-handed, returns the fire of a Viet Cong (VC) group who are attempt
312601 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Leonard (Len) Ellcombe of Heidelberg, Vic, standing on an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), blazes away with an M60 machine gun at a Viet Cong (VC) rocket launcher crew t
Thua Tich, South Vietnam. 1969-06. An armoured personnel carrier (APC) from 2 Troop of B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, manoeuvres around the bodies of two dead Viet Cong (VC) killed in an attack on
Three members of the 1st Australian Task Force Defence and Employment Platoon examining captured Viet Cong (VC) weapons after a successful night ambush near the abandoned village. Left to right: 21852
Soldiers near the gates of the abandoned village in north eastern Phuoc Tuy Province, examine the bodies of eleven dead Viet Cong (VC) killed in a night ambush. The ambush was set with armoured person
A cigarette and a meal for Lance Corporal Barry Hobbs of Bendigo, Vic (left) and Sergeant Dave Robberts of Warwick Farm, NSW, both of 2 Troop, B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armour
