The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Minister for Repatriation, Senator McKellar, talks with soldiers of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), shortly before they moved out on a routine perimeter patrol on Christmas Day. The soldiers are, from left to right: Private (Pte) David Jones of Bunbury, Western Australia; Pte Barry Denning of Tumut, NSW; and Pte Paul Sullivan of St Kilda, Victoria. Senator McKellar also visited the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), and other Task Force troops during his visit to Vietnam. [The three named soldiers are in a group of three closest to Senator McKellar. Pte David Jones is 5411582 Pte Henry David Jones. Pte Barry Denning is 2412396 Pte John (Barry) Denning. Pte Sullivan is 3786696 Pte Paul Charles Sullivan. Pte Sullivan was killed in action in South Vietnam on 27 December 1966, two days after this image was taken.]
The Minister for Repatriation, Senator McKellar, inquired about the weight of equipment carried by soldiers. 61163 Sergeant Kevin James "Tassie" Wass of Cygnet, Tas, and 5th Battalion, The Royal Austr
On Christmas Day in Vietnam some soldiers on perimeter patrols ate rations. But among the luckier ones was Private (Pte) Roger Sinclair of Caringbah, NSW, who is seen here enjoying a turkey leg. Pte S
Vietnam. 1966-09. Three soldiers wash their face in a creek during a routine patrol near Task Force base area by the anti-tank platoon of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR).
Vietnam. 1966-12-26. Private Barry Fitton of B Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), has a close up look at the mouth of a Viet Cong tunnel. The tunnel was discovered when the
Vietnam. 1966-05-15. All companies of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), based on Vung Tau peninsula, took part in Operation Pinfeather, a helicopter operational exercise in the
Vietnam. 1967. A soldier in Vietnam needs eyes in the back of his head and Private Peter Hennessey of Port Macquarie, NSW, is trying to see all ways at once as he creeps through a bamboo thicket in th
