The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
VIETNAM, 1966. AN AUSTRALIAN PATROL, RIFLES AT THE READY, PASSES PEACEFUL VIETNAMESE VILLAGERS IN THEIR BULLOCK CART EN ROUTE TO THE NEARBY VILLAGE OF TAN PHU. THE AUSTRALIANS WERE PATROLLING THEIR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THE NORTH OF THE BIEN HOA AIR BASE.
Vietnam. 1966-03. Private (Pte) Ken Baker of Richmond, Vic, is joined by five Vietnamese children as he strides across an open field outside a village near Bien Hoa. Pte Baker was a member of a patrol
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1966-01-18. Craftsman Terry Milfull of Raceview, near Ipswich, Qld, gives a helping hand to a Vietnamese child as he tries out the swing, a gift of children's playground equipment i
Vietnam. 1966-01-18. Craftsman (Cfn) Terry Milfull of Raceview, near Ipswich, Qld, mends a child's tricycle at the village of Ong Huong, during a goodwill visit by a small group of Australian soldiers
Vietnam. 1966-02. Helping break down the language barrier between Australians and Vietnamese villagers is Corporal Syd Ellis of Fairfield, Sydney, NSW. Syd is one of a team of Army Education Corps sta
Vietnam. 1966-05-22. Vietnamese Government troops patrolling a roadside as soldiers of the 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Troop sweep out from their base at Bien Hoa on Operation Hardihood, the last m
Vietnam. 1966-02. A team of Australian soldiers of Army Education Corps based at Bien Hoa has embarked on a new project - teaching the English language to Vietnamese children in the nearby village of
