The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified men from 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), (background) walk around their temporary camp which has been set up next to a mountain landing zone (LZ) which has been hacked out of the jungle. 10 Pl has been involved in a 12 day chase of a notorious group of Communist terrorists and are now in urgent need of reinforcements and re-supply. An airlift has been organised using RAF Bristol Sycamore helicopters, which are small enough to get in and out of the tight LZ. The chase will continue once the re-supply is complete. In the foreground are some temporary shelters and an Alice frame pack for holding a wireless set.
Two unidentified men from 10 Platoon, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), protectively patrol their temporary camp, set up next to a landing zone (LZ) hacked out of the jun
Unidentified men of 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) (foreground), watch as other men rush in to unload supplies from a Bristol Sycamore helicopter. T
Unidentified men of 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), anxiously watch a RAF Bristol 171 Sycamore helicopter make its descent onto a small jungle landi
Informal portrait ofPrivate (Pte) Ray Hutchind, of Port Arlington, Vic, 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), who has been on the trail of a group of Comm
Informal portrait of 1/3181 Private (Pte) Ron Siganto, of Chermside, Qld, 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), as he listens intently for the sounds of a
3/7034 Lieutenant David Tonge, of Perth, WA (right), Commander, 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), confers with an unknown Sakai guide (left) who has b
