The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-02. LANCE CORPORAL TONY GALEA OF MATRAVILLE, NSW, OPERATES A PETROL PUMP AT A FORWARD FIRE SUPPORT BASE DURING OPERATION COBURG. THE OPERATION WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MOUNTED BY TASK FORCE TROOPS. NOTE THE JEEP WITH A MOUNTED MACHINE GUN IN THE BACKGROUND.
BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-02. A ROCKET PROPELLED GUN IS LINED UP BY PRIVATE JOHN PETTIGROVE OF BLACKBURN SOUTH, VIC, WHILE A ROCKET IS HELD BY D COMPANY COMMANDER MAJOR DON PATERSON OF GR
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 OP
A machine-gunner from D Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), checks the body of a dead Viet Cong following a successful ambush on a jungle track during Operation Coburg. The b
Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Bombardier Keith Ayliffe of Parramatta, NSW, a member of the 12th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), operates mortar radar equipment
BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-02. BLOCKING THEIR EARS IN THEIR GUN PIT, AS THEY REGISTER A DEFENSIVE FIRE TASK DURING OPERATION COBURG ARE MORTARMEN WITH 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (THE ANZAC BATTALION
South Vietnam. 1968-02. During Operation Coburg in north-east Bien Hoa Province, Gunner Bill James of Gisborne, New Zealand (left), a member of 161st Battery, Royal New Zealand Artillery (RNZA), and P
