The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Section Commander Corporal (Cpl) John Yule, 26, from Whyalla, SA, moves cautiously through thick jungle in the north west of Phuoc Tuy Province, during operations designed to clear large areas of jungle to deny concealment to an enemy engineer battalion which often harbours in the area. The land clearing is being carried out by bulldozer teams, and Cpl Yules unit, A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), is providing protection for the operators.
Machine gunner Private Pat Page, 21, from Strathmore, Vic, stands guard as D8 bulldozers and Centurion tanks work on a jungle clearing operation in the north west of Phuoc Tuy Province, designed to de
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1970. Checking a map before calling down mortar fire is Private Brian Ives of Brighton, Qld (front), and Corporal Christopher St Clair of Glen Innes, NSW. The
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1970-08. A SINGLE FILE PATROL MOVES CAUTIOUSLY THROUGH A WET, MUDDY, JUNGLE CLEARING DURING OPERATIONS IN THE NORTH WEST, IN AN AREA KNOWN TO HAVE HARBOURED AN ENEMY
With an arsenal of weapons between them, these three soldiers of A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), stand guard on the site of land clearing operations in a thick jungle
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. August 1970. Felling the tall jungle trees and clearing the thick scrub of Phuoc Tuy Province during land clearing operations, to deny the Viet Cong his natural haunt, makes he
In thick jungle, frequent map checks are essential. 39973 Lance Corporal Dennis Francis Richardson of Reservoir, Vic, and 43484 Sergeant Albert John Lundie of Townsville, Qld, from A Company, 2nd Batt