The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A family group of local people laden with their possessions walk past 3791916 Trooper (Tpr) Arthur John 'Arfer' Booker (left) and 16782 Sergeant (Sgt) Jack ‘Jock’ McConnell (right, partly obscured), operator and crew commander of a Centurion Mk 5/1 tank, call sign three three alpha (33A), Army registration number 169106. The driver of the tank (unseen) was 3791920 Tpr Michael 'Mick' Hannaford. The tank has the nickname ‘Smoken Jenny’ written on the side above the tracks. It is parked on the side of the road near the town of Long Dien. The people of were being evacuated prior to an attack on Viet Cong forces in the town.
(Tpr Hannaford was fatally wounded on 14 December 1968 when the tank he was driving, detonated a mine.)
3791916 Trooper (Tpr) Arthur John Booker (left) and 16782 Sergeant (Sgt) Jack 'Jock' McConnell, 3 Troop, C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, crew members of a Centurion Mk V/1 tank parked on the side o
An Australian M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) with the call sign three one bravo (31B), stopped behind a Centurion Mk V/1 tank with the call sign three three alpha (33A) of Three Troop, C Squa
An Australian M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) with the call sign three one bravo (31B), stopped behind a Centurion Mk V/1 tank with the call sign three three alpha (33A) of Three Troop, C Squa
An M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier, (APC), call sign three two alpha (32A) of A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps, supporting members of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Aust
Troopers from B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, and members of the 1st Australian Task Force's Defence and Employment (D&E) Platoon stand and sit on top of M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) with c
Troopers inspect the damage to an M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), with call sign one three alpha (13A), ARN 134305 and nickname 'The Nympho', from B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment. On the first
