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Australian soldiers pause on a rock ledge during their sweep of a section of the Long Hai ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
Australian soldiers pause on a rock ledge during their sweep of a section of the Long Hai mountains to survey the ground below during Operation Hammersley. The area was the scene of a bitter battle be...FAI/70/0114/VN
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Climbing mountains in a flak jacket and helmet is hot work for Private John Sandry of Richmond, ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
Climbing mountains in a flak jacket and helmet is hot work for Private John Sandry of Richmond, NSW. His unit, C Company of 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), was sweeping through a ...FAI/70/0118/VN
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Flashlight in hand, Sapper (Spr) Trevor Hughes of Beenleigh, Qld, emerges from the gloom of a ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
Flashlight in hand, Sapper (Spr) Trevor Hughes of Beenleigh, Qld, emerges from the gloom of a cave in the Long Hai mountains during Operation Hammersley. The cave held a cache of rocket propelled gren...FAI/70/0117/VN
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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. April 1970. Military Medal winner Corporal (Cpl) Barry Coe of Penrith, ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. April 1970. Military Medal winner Corporal (Cpl) Barry Coe of Penrith, NSW, is given his ribbon by the quartermaster of C Company, the 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regim...FAI/70/0250/VN
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. c. 9 March 1970. Private (Pte) Crabb, Corporal Burton and Pte ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. c. 9 March 1970. Private (Pte) Crabb, Corporal Burton and Pte Onrust examine a captured 12 gauge shot gun while Pte Marrow looks on; Pte Gillis is bent over examinin...FAI/70/0123/VN
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PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. C. 9 MARCH 1970. THE RESULT OF A SWEEP THROUGH THE RUGGED LONG ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. C. 9 MARCH 1970. THE RESULT OF A SWEEP THROUGH THE RUGGED LONG HAI MOUNTAINS DURING OPERATION HAMERSLEY. THE ENEMY WEAPONS WERE FOUND BY 8TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUS...FAI/70/0124/VN
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PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. JUNE 1970. OPERATION CUNG CHUNG (TOGETHERNESS) WAS TAKEN ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. JUNE 1970. OPERATION CUNG CHUNG (TOGETHERNESS) WAS TAKEN LITERALLY BY SOME AUSTRALIAN AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS TAKING PART IN THE OPERATION AIMED AT THE PROTECT...FAI/70/0554/VN
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. May 1970. A small jungle stream provided water for soldiers of ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. May 1970. A small jungle stream provided water for soldiers of D Company, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), during a company patrol about ten mile...FAI/70/0317/VN
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. May 1970. Private Adrian Piper of Murwillumbah, NSW, an ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. May 1970. Private Adrian Piper of Murwillumbah, NSW, an infantry signaller with D Company, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), on guard as other sol...FAI/70/0318/VN
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. May 1970. The Officer Commanding D Company, 8th Battalion, The ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. May 1970. The Officer Commanding D Company, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), Major Mal Peck of Enoggera, Qld (left), and his second in command, C...FAI/70/0319/VN
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PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM. 1970-07. FIVE SOLDIERS FROM 8TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM. 1970-07. FIVE SOLDIERS FROM 8TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (8RAR), TAKE A BREAK DURING A VILLAGE CORDON AND SEARCH OPERATION, TO SAMPLE SOME LOCALLY SOLD CON...FAI/70/0553/VN
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Private (Pte) Dennis Moss of Kilsyth, Vic, on guard with an M60 machine gun during a cordon and ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
Private (Pte) Dennis Moss of Kilsyth, Vic, on guard with an M60 machine gun during a cordon and search of Ap Bac, a hamlet about a mile south of 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat. Pte M...FAI/70/0320/VN
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Queensland. October 1969. On patrol is Private Noel Herbert, 22, of Walkerville, SA, during ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
Queensland. October 1969. On patrol is Private Noel Herbert, 22, of Walkerville, SA, during Exercise Straight Kris, held in central Queensland. Private Herbert is a member of 8th Battalion, The Royal ...FAI/69/0450/NC
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Sapper Colin Heley of Liverpool, NSW, an engineer from the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
Sapper Colin Heley of Liverpool, NSW, an engineer from the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), holding a dagger and a flashlight, clambers out of a cave in the Long Hai mountains aft...FAI/70/0115/VN
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Shoalwater Bay, Qld. September 1969. Gunner Ken Howard, 18, of Albury, NSW, has assumed an ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
Shoalwater Bay, Qld. September 1969. Gunner Ken Howard, 18, of Albury, NSW, has assumed an important role with D Company, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR). Currently on exercise wit...FAI/69/0444/NC
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Soldiers of the 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), alight from a Chinook ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
Soldiers of the 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), alight from a Chinook helicopter after flying from the 1st Australian Task Force Base (1ATF), at Nui Dat to Vung Tau harbour to sta...FAI/70/0772/VN
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South Vietnam. June 1970. A brief monsoon shower during a break in operations caused Lance ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
South Vietnam. June 1970. A brief monsoon shower during a break in operations caused Lance Corporal Clive Odgers of Claremont, WA, to erect a small shelter. He is a member of D Company, 8th Battalion,...FAI/70/0349/VN
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South Vietnam. June 1970. A chance to relax with his field radio telephone at his ear, and have a ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
South Vietnam. June 1970. A chance to relax with his field radio telephone at his ear, and have a drink, for Sergeant Bruce Mison of Lismore, NSW, who is the mortar fire controller with D Company, 8th...FAI/70/0350/VN
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South Vietnam. June 1970. Cleaning a machine gun, is Private Ray Armstrong of Seven Hills, NSW, ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
South Vietnam. June 1970. Cleaning a machine gun, is Private Ray Armstrong of Seven Hills, NSW, who is with D Company, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR). The company was ambushing in...FAI/70/0348/VN
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South Vietnam. June 1970. Private Graeme Ellis of Sunshine, Vic, has time to sharpen his machete ...
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
South Vietnam. June 1970. Private Graeme Ellis of Sunshine, Vic, has time to sharpen his machete knife during a break in operations. Pte Ellis is a member of D Company, 8th Battalion, The Royal Austra...FAI/70/0353/VN