The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 that attempted to ambush the APCs. Also identified, (second from left), is 312641 Private (Pte) Brian 'Jock' Rennie. L/Cpl Ellcombe was with a section of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Defence and Employment platoon which was attached to 2 Troop of B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment during a sweep of the area about fifteen miles north east of the 1ATF base at Nui Dat. In the fire-fight five enemy were killed, and two rocket launchers and a Chinese Communist pistol captured. On the previous night, 2 Troop ambushed fifty local force Viet Cong (VC), killing eleven, and capturing seven AK-47 assault rifles.
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
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 re
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
Thua Tich, South Vietnam. 1969-06. Two armoured personnel carriers (APCs) from 2 Troop, B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment push their way through dense jungle in the north east of Phuoc Tuy Province. Th
Three bare-chested soldiers from the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), examine captured Viet Cong (VC) weapons near Thua Tich, fifteen miles north east of the 1st Australian Task Fo
Thua Tich, South Vietnam. 1969-06. The District Chief of Xuyen Moc, Major Le Van Que (left), and 235254 Captain (Capt) Tom Henry Arrowsmith of Campbelltown, NSW discuss the two successful actions of a
