The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SOUTH VIETNAM. 1969-01-18. COMMANDER OF UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND VIETNAM, GENERAL CREIGHTON ABRAMS (SECOND FROM RIGHT) AT FIRE SUPPORT BASE, DIGGERS REST, TALKS WITH SERGEANT STUART KEYS OF GREENWICH, NSW (LEFT), THE MORTAR PLATOON SERGEANT OF THE 9TH BATTALION THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (9RAR). LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALAN L. MORRISON OF WOODSIDE, SA (RIGHT), AND MAJOR DON ANSTEY OF SYDNEY, NSW (CENTRE), ACCOMPANIED GENERAL ABRAMS DURING HIS FIRST VISIT TO AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AFTER TAKING COMMAND OF THE US FORCES IN 1968-07.
At Fire Support Base (FSB) Diggers Rest in the Hat Dich region of south eastern Bien Hoa Province, Lieutenant Colonel Alan Lindsay Morrison (right), CO of 9RAR, briefs senior commanders on the progres
The Commander of the United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, General Creighton W. Abrams, inspects the soldiers on parade at St Kilda helicopter pad, accompanied by the Commander of the Au
Fire Support Base Diggers Rest , South Vietnam. 1969-10. The Secretary of the Department of Defence, Sir Henry Bland, takes time to enjoy his pipe and to talk with Second Lieutenant Ray Lunny of Grove
South Vietnam. 1969-01-22. Lance Corporal Bryon Nicol of Hobart, Tas (right), and 217546 Private Barry Towart of Peak Hill, NSW, examine a captured enemy 82mm mortar. Members of Battalion Headquarters
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-05. Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel A. L. Morrison, Commanding Officer of the 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR), part of the 1st Australian Task Force (1A
Fire Support Base Diggers Rest, South Vietnam. 1969-10. The Secretary of the Department of Defence, Sir Henry Bland (third from left), is shown a 106mm recoilless rifle by Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Graem
