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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-02. PRIVATE IAN CARTER, 22, OF GLENELG, SA, POSITIONS A SHELL INTO THE BREECH OF A 105MM HOWITZER DURING OPERATION COBURG IN BIEN HOA PROVINCE. PRIVATE CARTER IS A MEMBER OF SUPPORT COMPANY, 3RD BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (3RAR), WITH THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE (1ATF). HE WAS LEARNING THE GUNNERS' ROLE FROM MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND 161ST FIELD BATTERY.
BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-02. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TROOPS ON DUTY TOGETHER SHOWED DURING OPERATION COBURG IN BIEN HOA PROVINCE THAT THE ANZAC TRADITION STILL EXISTS. HERE, PRIVATE I
Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Two soldiers from New Zealand's 161st Battery, Royal New Zealand Artillery (RNZA), block their ears as their 105mm howitzer fires at enemy positions during O
Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Private John Howden, 22, of Reservoir, Vic (left), and Gunner Bill James, 20, of Gisborne, NZ, and a member of 161st Field Battery, load a shell into a 105mm
BIEN HOA PROVINCE, VIETNAM. 1968-02. THREE SOLDIERS FROM NEW ZEALAND'S 161ST BATTERY, ROYAL NEW ZEALAND ARMY (RNZA), BLOCK THEIR EARS AS THEIR 105MM HOWITZER GUN FIRES AT ENEMY POSITIONS DURING OPERAT
BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, 1968-02. PRIVATE BRIAN SIMPSON OF CAIRNS, QLD (LEFT), AND GUNNER HARRY KIRIKAU OF AUCKLAND, NZ, PUT THE FUSE ON A 105MM HOWITZER SHELL DURING OPERATION COBURG. PRIVAT
Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. At Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral in north-west Bien Hoa Province, Gunner Dennis Fisher of Nunawading, Vic, sets a fuse in a 105mm Howitzer shell. Private Fis
