The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A Westland (Bristol) Belvedere helicopter touching down under the guidance of 214778 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Robert (Bob) James Ivey, of Sydney, NSW, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). 2nd Lt Ivey is based at a forward company base and conducts patrol duties in the Sarawak state of Borneo along the Indonesian border of Kalimantan. As there are often no roads linking the forward company bases with their logistic support, the Royal Air Force (RAF) uses helicopters to deliver soldiers and equipment to the forward bases in the 3RAR area of operations. 2nd Lt Ivey also made an official visit to South Vietnam in 1965 and he later served there with 3rd Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) between 1966 and 1967 and with 1st Squadron, SAS Regiment also in 1967.
Three unidentified Australian soldiers of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), loading packs and other equipment onboard a Royal Air Force (RAF) Westland (Bristol) Belvedere helicopter
Armed with an L1A1 self loading rifle (SLR), and followed by an unidentified soldier, 61515 Private (Pte) Raymond Leslie (Ray) Ewell, of Perth, WA, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR),
16605 Lance Corporal (LCpl) Robert G (Bob) Groves, of Nambour, Qld, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), on his way to the quartermasters store loaded up with a pile of new jungle boot
235217 Lieutenant (Lt) Brian Hartland Mitchell, of Tamworth, NSW, 102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), gives the all clear, thumbs up signal to an unidentified pilot of a Royal Air F
Lieutenant General John Wilton (right), accompanied by an unidentified lieutenant colonel (left), walk from an RAF Westland Whirlwind helicopter that has brought the party to inspect one of 3rd Battal
15979 Private (Pte) Eric Lindsay McCoombe, of Innisfail, Qld, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), gathers up a supply parachute that dropped supplies into the landing zone adjacent to
