The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Brigadier Ron Hughes of Stafford Park, QLD, 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Commander, uses one of a battery of telephones in his command post to speak with his staff during Operation Coburg in Bien Hoa Province. In front of him, using a radio telephone is his operations officer Major David Smith of the Gap, Queensland. Sitting down is 235295 Captain Vince Thompson S03 Ops/ Liaison HQ 1ATF. Task force troops supported by armour of a squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment and artillery from 4th Field Regiment, were located twenty miles north-east of Saigon.
Brigadier Ron Hughes of Stafford Park, Qld (left), 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Commander, discusses Operation Coburg with Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Smith of Mount Eliza, Vic, Commanding Officer of
A soldier from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), hurries out of the way as a daily water re-supply in jerry cans is lowered by a 9 Squadron, RAAF, Iroquois helicopter. Checking the
A soldier from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), has a slight shrapnel wound on his back treated by a stretcher bearer following the successful ambush of a track during Operation Co
Troops from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), make a tally of captured Viet Cong equipment following the successful ambush of a track during Operation Coburg. The battalion was oper
Major Don Paterson, Commander of D Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), makes a point using a map, while passing orders during Operation Coburg. The battalion was taking part
A soldier from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), checks the body of a dead Viet Cong and his equipment following successful ambushing of a jungle track during Operation Coburg. The
