The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the service of Private William (Bill) Owen O'Mara while on service with B Company, 5 RAR in Vietnam, 1969. The items are: 12 pages of handwritten notes, captions and recollections associated with photographs taken by O'Mara; calendar from 1969 with her photograph given to Bill O'Mara by his girlfriend, Beverley, (later his wife). Monthly money totals of O'Mara's winings from running the 'Crown and Anchor' game in the company canteen have been added to the calendar.
Soldiers from 6 Platoon, B Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), lying prone on a reverse slope amongst rubber trees, prior to a final sweep through Binh Ba after a two day bat
A group of M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carriers from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), advance towards the village of Binh Ba (background) after it had been occup
Looking across a cleared area towards burning buildings in the village of Binh Ba during a battle to clear it of North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Viet Cong (VC) fighters. During the two days of fightin
Private William (Bill) O'Mara, 6 Platoon, B Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), sitting next to a sand bagged dugout, whilst conducting sentry duty at the 5RAR Lines at Nui D
Men from 6 Platoon, B Company, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), having a rest from patrolling in a shady clearing. Identified in the foreground reading a newspaper is Private (Pte) Don Cameron wh
Private William (Bill) O'Mara, 6 Platoon, B Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), sitting at the base of a tree, writing a letter home. Various items of kit and uniform are lyi
A mixed group of Australian and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) soldiers about to leave an unidentified ARVN compound for an ambush drill. Identified foreground from left are 2790951 Private (P
An unusual marker device constructed from timber and sheet metal. It resembles a capital T with a cross beam (foreground). The steel cans were filled with white phosphorous which was lit at night and
A blindfolded soldier Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) piecing together a 5.56 mm M16A1 automatic rifle, while unidentified Australian troops look on. Some of the rifle components can be seen at
Collection relates to the Vietnam War service of William 'Bill' Keith Clark, 1969 to 1970. Collection consists of a seven-volume diary written in 2013 using letters sent home to family as a reference
Collection relating to the service of 711 Private William James Hutchison, 4 Battalion AIF, died at sea on board SS Lake Michigan, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection consists of handwritten pages of a diary
Collection relating to the First World War service of Colonel (Col) Robert Haylock Owen, (CO 3rd Battalion AIF; and later Commander 1st and 3rd Brigades). Collection consists of a notebook containing
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Major Leonard Armstrong Fell. Collection consists of a Wartime log (diary, September 1943 - March 1945), three pages of handwritten diary notes,
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Chaplain Owen Thomas Cosgriff, 2/4 Australian General Hospital. Collection consists of Cosgriff's original handwritten diary for 1941, while ser
Collection relating to the Vietnam War service of Private Colin Joseph Whiston, Australian and Vietnam, 1966. Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of 6 items including a letter from Colin to his fiancee Barbara