The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-02. PRIVATE JOHN HINGST OF TOWNSVILLE, QLD, APPLIES GREASE PAINT TO HIS FACE TO HELP CAMOUFLAGE HIM FROM THE VIET CONG DURING A RECONNAISSANCE PATROL WHILE ON OPERATION COBURG IN BIEN HOA PROVINCE. PRIVATE HINGST WAS PATROLLING FOR THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE'S (1ATF) TACTICAL HEADQUARTERS TWENTY MILES NORTH-EAST OF SAIGON. NOTE THE OPENED CANS AROUND HIM AND HIS RIFLE RESTING ON A WOODEN POST TOP LEFT.
Lance Corporal Reg (Blue) Moore of Grovely, Qld, applying grease paint to his face to help camouflage him from the Viet Cong during a reconnaissance patrol while on Operation Coburg. He was patrolling
Captured Communist Chinese AK47 automatic assault rifles and other equipment, which are spread out on a tarpaulin, are inspected by Private Kevin Hare of Puckapunyal, Vic, at the 1st Australian Task F
South Vietnam. 1968-02. Sergeant Laurie Fraser of Balga, WA, his face covered in grease paint, speaks with his men before they go out on a reconnaissance patrol for tactical headquarters of the 1st Au
Private David Antney of Rankin Springs, NSW, a member of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), picks a bullet from a can of peaches which was part of his canned rations prematurely open
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
