The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
VUNG TAU, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1969-05-19. FRESH FROM AUSTRALIA, SOLDIERS OF 6TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), WAIT FOR THEIR LANDING CRAFT TO PULL AWAY FROM THE TROOPSHIP HMAS SYDNEY. THE BATTALION IS RELIEVING 4RAR AND FOR MANY OF 6RAR'S SOLDIERS IT IS THEIR SECOND TOUR OF THE COUNTRY. DURING 6RAR'S LAST TOUR IN 1966-67, D COMPANY DISTINGUISHED ITSELF BY WINNING A U.S. PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR ITS PART IN THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN IN WHICH 245 ENEMY SOLDIERS WERE KILLED.
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969-05. Soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), arrive for their second tour on the troopship HMAS Sydney. Disembarking down the gangway to a lan
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969-05-19. Soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), arrive in the troopship HMAS Sydney for the Battalion's second tour. Disembarking, carrying th
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969-05-19. Ahead of these two soldiers from the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), is a year's tour of duty. Private (Pte) Ian Rodgers of Ipswich, Qld (lowe
LONG TAN, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1969-08-18. THE PIPERS' LAMENT FOR THE DEAD OF LONG TAN. A POIGNANT MOMENT AT THE COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE HELD ON THE SITE OF THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN, FOUGHT IN 1966 BY D COMPANY
Long Tan, South Vietnam. 1969-08-18. A memorial cross, made by the Assault Pioneer Platoon of 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a compon
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1969-05-19. For Lieutenant Colonel David Butler (left), Commanding Officer (CO) of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), it was hello to South Vietnam, but
