The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of 2794392 Recruit (later Sapper) Michael John Wighton, an Aboriginal serviceman (left), and 2794588 Recruit Ross Spencer (right) sitting on the ground holding their self loading rifles (SLR) and with their bum packs, webbing and ammunition pouches strewn on the ground before them, during a training exercise. Both men were in the 21st National Service intake, 1970. Wighton went on to serve with the 17th Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers in South Vietnam between October 1970 and October 1971, and Spencer was posted to the Catering Corps. He was posted to Army Headquarters at Canberra for the remainder of his National Service commitment.
Informal portrait of three sappers of the 17th Construction Squadron sitting on the tyres of a grader on Route 52. Left to right: 44888 Sapper (Spr) Roland Paul (Dave) Stott, Spr Bob West (believed to
Studio portrait of 2791899 Private (Pte) Gilbert George (Gil) Green, an Aboriginal National Serviceman who served in Vietnam 1970 as a rifleman with the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7
Informal portrait of Aboriginal serviceman, Private Peter Beale, 1st Recruit Training Battalion. The Beale family has a long service history which ranges through the first and Second World Wars, Vietn
Plat A Tac Special Parachute Unit Rucksack (SPUR) Four pack in British Desert Disruptive Pattern Material (DDPM). The pack has an integral harness with padded shoulder straps. These shoulder straps ha
This was typical of scenes throughout Australia last Wednesday when two thousand 20 year olds reported to Army depots to commence their National Service training. It was the start of the second intak
Faded green cotton and canvas webbing consisting of a 'H' harness, a web belt with a pair basic ammunition pouches at the front and a pair of large ammunition pouches attached at the rear. This Iraq
