The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Major Ian McKay, Officer Commanding B Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), second from left, and soldiers from company headquarters packing their gear the morning after Operation Bribie watched by a member of A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment (A Sqn 3 Cav Regt). After contact with the Viet Cong (VC) force, probably a company of D445 Battalion supported by North Vietnamese reinforcements, 6RAR were engaged in heavy fighting until early evening when the battalion and the supporting Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) from A Sqn 3 Cav Regt, withdrew from the battlefield to make way for the aerial and artillery bombardment that followed that night on the enemy positions. The battalion mounted an assault onto the site of the previous days fighting, but the enemy had vanished. After the battalion sweep of the Bribie battlefield B Company, supported by APCs, patrolled across the "Light Green', about two kilometres to the east, and thought to be the enemy's likely withdrawal route. After an uneventful day the APCs carried B Company back to Nui Dat arriving late in the afternoon. Seven soldiers from 6RAR and one trooper from A Sqn 3 Cav Regt were killed in action and 27 wounded during the operation.
Soldiers of B Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), unloading M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) of A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment A Sqn 3 Cav Regt), after arriving back
Soldiers of B Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), loaded with gear arriving back at B Company lines after Operation Bribie. The morning after the action 6RAR conducted a swee
Soldiers of B Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) unloading M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), of A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, on their arrival back at the B Compan
1200253 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Paul Thomas Boynes, Support Section, B Company Headquarters, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) acting as a look out during the evacuation of 38728 Priv
2781906 Second Lieutenant (2ndLt) John Patrick O'Halloran, left, commanding 5 Platoon, B Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) and 215853 2ndLt John Sullivan, commanding 4 Plato
The battlefield where 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), were ambushed by elements of Viet Cong (VC) D445 Mobile Battalion during Operation Bribie on the 17 February 1967. Seven men
