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A hut in a Viet Cong jungle village is searched by a soldier from 7th Battalion, The Royal ...

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A hut in a Viet Cong jungle village is searched by a soldier from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), during Operation Santa Fe, north east of Phuoc Tuy Province.

THU/67/1081/VN

A memorial to gunners of the 4th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), who were ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

A memorial to gunners of the 4th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), who were killed in action in Vietnam. It reads: `In memory to the officers and men of 4th Field Regiment RAA who gave...

THU/68/0370/VN

An elderly Vietnamese Montagnard man has his chest checked by medical assistant 5714453 Private ...

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An elderly Vietnamese Montagnard man has his chest checked by medical assistant 5714453 Private (Pte) Alec Ernest James Bell of Perth, WA, during a Medical Civil Aid Project (MEDCAP) visit to his vill...

THU/68/0014/VN

Ap Suoi Nghe Medcap DPR/TV/824

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Among the most consistent activities by troops of the Australian Task Force in Vietnam is the administration of medical and dental aid to the people in villages and hamlets throughout Phuoc Tuy Provin...

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Australia's Commander-Designate in Vietnam, Major-General A. L. MacDonald (far right), and the ...

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Australia's Commander-Designate in Vietnam, Major-General A. L. MacDonald (far right), and the outgoing Commander, Major-General Douglas Vincent (far left), both of Canberra, ACT, at Saigon's Tan Son ...

THU/68/0058/VN

Australia's Commander-Designate in Vietnam, Major-General A. L. MacDonald (right), and the ...

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Australia's Commander-Designate in Vietnam, Major-General A. L. MacDonald (right), and the outgoing Commander, Major-General Douglas Vincent, both of Canberra, ACT, at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airport ju...

THU/68/0056/VN

Australia's Commander-Designate in Vietnam, Major-General A. L. MacDonald (right), and the ...

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Australia's Commander-Designate in Vietnam, Major-General A. L. MacDonald (right), and the outgoing Commander, Major-General Douglas Vincent (left), both of Canberra, ACT, at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut air...

THU/68/0057/VN

A young Vietnamese Montagnard boy is checked for a fever by 5714453 Private (Pte) Alec Ernest ...

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A young Vietnamese Montagnard boy is checked for a fever by 5714453 Private (Pte) Alec Ernest James Bell of Perth, WA. The check up was part of a village Medical Civil Aid Project (MEDCAP), carried ou...

THU/68/0012/VN

Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Captain Arthur Schaschke of Wacol, Qld, checks work being carried ...

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Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Captain Arthur Schaschke of Wacol, Qld, checks work being carried out by Vietnamese workers on the science and library block at the Baria High School in Phuoc Tuy Provin...

THU/68/0643/VN

Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Captain Arthur Schaschke of Wacol, Qld, observes the progress of ...

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Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Captain Arthur Schaschke of Wacol, Qld, observes the progress of Vietnamese school children in the Baria High School in a classroom built by the 1st Australian Civil Aff...

THU/68/0640/VN

Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-03. Corporal Richard Portlock, 22, of Seaton Park, SA, applies a fresh ...

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Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-03. Corporal Richard Portlock, 22, of Seaton Park, SA, applies a fresh coat of paint to nursery stools at the Baria orphanage during a civil aid project in the provincial ca...

THU/68/0254/VN

Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-03. Private Jack Dulis, 28, of Greenway, NSW, usually nurses a machine ...

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Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-03. Private Jack Dulis, 28, of Greenway, NSW, usually nurses a machine gun, but he exchanged it for a Vietnamese baby girl he is feeding a can of Gerber baby food to, during...

THU/68/0253/VN

Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-03. Private (Pte) Leigh Povey, 21, of Horsham, Vic, a member of 7th ...

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Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-03. Private (Pte) Leigh Povey, 21, of Horsham, Vic, a member of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), holding a young Vietnamese boy who is placing a stethosc...

THU/68/0255/VN

Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Warrant Officer Ernie Sly of Kingston, ACT (centre), passes ...

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Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Warrant Officer Ernie Sly of Kingston, ACT (centre), passes building instructions to a Vietnamese worker through an interpreter, in the library and science block being b...

THU/68/0642/VN

Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Work on a science block and library at the Baria High School in ...

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Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Work on a science block and library at the Baria High School in Phuoc Tuy Province is carried out by Vietnamese workers under the supervision of members of the 1st Austr...

THU/68/0641/VN

BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-06. AERIAL VIEW OF FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB) CONCORD, ...

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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-06. AERIAL VIEW OF FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB) CONCORD, TEMPORARY HOME OF 4RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (THE ANZAC BATTALION COMPRISING 4TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIME...

THU/68/0668/VN

BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, 1968-06. A RESUPPLY HELICOPTER IS BEING UNLOADED AT FIRE ...

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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, 1968-06. A RESUPPLY HELICOPTER IS BEING UNLOADED AT FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB) CONCORD IN NORTHERN BIEN HOA PROVINCE SHORTLY AFTER THE BASE HAD BEEN SET UP BY 4RAR /NZ (...

THU/68/0667/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. At Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral in north-west Bien ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. At Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral in north-west Bien Hoa Province, Gunner Dennis Fisher of Nunawading, Vic, sets a fuse in a 105mm Howitzer shell. Private Fis...

THU/68/0614/VN

BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-02. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TROOPS ON DUTY TOGETHER ...

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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-02. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TROOPS ON DUTY TOGETHER SHOWED DURING OPERATION COBURG IN BIEN HOA PROVINCE THAT THE ANZAC TRADITION STILL EXISTS. HERE, PRIVATE I...

THU/68/0113/VN

BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, 1968-06. BOMBARDIER KEITH HYLIFFE OF PARRAMATTA, NSW, CHECKS ...

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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, 1968-06. BOMBARDIER KEITH HYLIFFE OF PARRAMATTA, NSW, CHECKS OVER SENSITIVE RADAR EQUIPMENT BEING USED AT FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB) CORAL IN NORTH-WEST BIEN HOA PROVINC...

THU/68/0612/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Corporal George Priestly of Holsworthy, NSW, writing a ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Corporal George Priestly of Holsworthy, NSW, writing a letter to his wife to inform her that he had just received word that his Rest and Recuperation leave t...

THU/68/0118/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Delicate adjustment to sensitive radar equipment is ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Delicate adjustment to sensitive radar equipment is made by Corporal Stephen Palmer of Cairns, Qld, a member of the 131st Divisional Locating Battery. The ra...

THU/68/0610/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. During Operation Coburg, Corporal George Priestly of ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. During Operation Coburg, Corporal George Priestly of Holsworthy, NSW (right), shakes hands with Captain Robert Freebairn of Parkdale, Vic, when he shows him ...

THU/68/0119/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Gunner Glen Dobbs of Glamorganshire, Wales, UK, and ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Gunner Glen Dobbs of Glamorganshire, Wales, UK, and Gunner Norm Brown of Armadale, WA, construct a sandbagged wall for protection at Fire Support Base (FSB) ...

THU/68/0671/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Gunner Gordon Malcolm of Berowra, NSW, adjusts one of ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Gunner Gordon Malcolm of Berowra, NSW, adjusts one of the radars being used at Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral, in north-west Bien Hoa Province to track and lo...

THU/68/0609/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Gunner Graham Floyd of Ouyen, Vic, cleans the barrel ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Gunner Graham Floyd of Ouyen, Vic, cleans the barrel of a 105mm Howitzer at Fire Support Base (FSB) Concord in northern Bien Hoa Province, after a fire missi...

THU/68/0669/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Lance Bombardier Bruce Smith of Wellington, NZ, a ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Lance Bombardier Bruce Smith of Wellington, NZ, a member of 161st Battery, Royal New Zealand Artillery (RNZA) and 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion compr...

THU/68/0123/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Lance Corporal Colin Bermingham of Ferntree Gully, ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Lance Corporal Colin Bermingham of Ferntree Gully, Vic, cleans his L1A1 7.62mm self-loading rifle (SLR) during operations at Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral. H...

THU/68/0599/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Lance Corporal Dan Seaton of Mungindi, NSW, tackles ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Lance Corporal Dan Seaton of Mungindi, NSW, tackles the task of setting up a barbed wire fence around Fire Support Base (FSB) Concord. He is a member of the ...

THU/68/0670/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Members of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Members of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), patrol the outside perimeter of Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral for signs of the enemy foll...

THU/68/0597/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Members of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Members of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), patrol the outside perimeter of Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral for signs of the enemy foll...

THU/68/0596/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Private Alan Anderson, 21, of Moorooka, Qld, tests a ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Private Alan Anderson, 21, of Moorooka, Qld, tests a pair of captured North Vietnamese binoculars. The binoculars were captured by troops of the 1st Battalio...

THU/68/0491/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Private Allan Cambey, 21, of Canley Vale, NSW, ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Private Allan Cambey, 21, of Canley Vale, NSW, inspecting a captured Chinese AK47 assault rifle. The rifle was captured by troops of the 1st Battalion, The R...

THU/68/0490/VN

BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, 1968-02. PRIVATE BRIAN SIMPSON OF CAIRNS, QLD (LEFT), AND ...

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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, 1968-02. PRIVATE BRIAN SIMPSON OF CAIRNS, QLD (LEFT), AND GUNNER HARRY KIRIKAU OF AUCKLAND, NZ, PUT THE FUSE ON A 105MM HOWITZER SHELL DURING OPERATION COBURG. PRIVAT...

THU/68/0115/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Private Colin Dennison, 21, of Monbulk, Vic, checks ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Private Colin Dennison, 21, of Monbulk, Vic, checks the sights on his mortar during Operation Coburg. Private Dennison is a member of Support Company, 3rd Ba...

THU/68/0126/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Private Hans Gutjahr of Wollongong, NSW (left), with ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Private Hans Gutjahr of Wollongong, NSW (left), with his brother, Private Wolfgang Gutjahr, clean their rifles during a lull in Operation Coburg. Both are me...

THU/68/0127/VN

BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-02. PRIVATE IAN CARTER, 22, OF GLENELG, SA, POSITIONS A ...

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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-02. PRIVATE IAN CARTER, 22, OF GLENELG, SA, POSITIONS A SHELL INTO THE BREECH OF A 105MM HOWITZER DURING OPERATION COBURG IN BIEN HOA PROVINCE. PRIVATE CARTER IS...

THU/68/0112/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Private John Howden, 22, of Reservoir, Vic (left), and ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Private John Howden, 22, of Reservoir, Vic (left), and Gunner Bill James, 20, of Gisborne, NZ, and a member of 161st Field Battery, load a shell into a 105mm...

THU/68/0116/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Private John Sexton of Colac, Vic, prepares water ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Private John Sexton of Colac, Vic, prepares water bottles in sandbags for resupply at Fire Support Base (FSB) Concord. He is a member of 4RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (Th...

THU/68/0672/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Private Mike Sell of Mount Lawley, WA (left), of 1st ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Private Mike Sell of Mount Lawley, WA (left), of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), met up with his brother Private John Sell of 3rd Battal...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Private Wolfgang Gutjahr of Wollongong, NSW, a member ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Private Wolfgang Gutjahr of Wollongong, NSW, a member of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), in his gun pit. He is taking part with other Au...

THU/68/0128/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Radar equipment at Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral in ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Radar equipment at Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral in north-west Bien Hoa Province is adjusted by Gunner Alan McDonald of Manning, WA. Gunner McDonald is a mem...

THU/68/0611/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Sapper Brian Hopkins of Victoria Park, WA (left), and ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Sapper Brian Hopkins of Victoria Park, WA (left), and Sapper Vic Underwood of Chippendale, NSW, filling sandbags to ensure their protection against possible ...

THU/68/0121/VN

BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-06. SOLDIERS OF THE 1ST BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ...

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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-06. SOLDIERS OF THE 1ST BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (1RAR), REMEMBER THEIR MATES IN A FIELD MASS AT THE AUSTRALIAN FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB) CORAL. RO...

THU/68/0595/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. The Commander, US Military Assistance Command, General ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. The Commander, US Military Assistance Command, General William C. Westmoreland, meets Major Geoff Cameron of Downer, ACT, intelligence officer for the 1st Au...

THU/68/0565A/VN

BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-05. THE COMMANDER, US MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND, GENERAL ...

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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-05. THE COMMANDER, US MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND, GENERAL WILLIAM C. WESTMORELAND (CENTRE), INSPECTS CAPTURED COMMUNIST WEAPONS DURING A FAREWELL VISIT TO THE A...

THU/68/0568/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. The 105mm Howitzers of the 12th Field Artillery ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. The 105mm Howitzers of the 12th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), at Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral in north-west Bien Hoa Province,...

THU/68/0613/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Three 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Three 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand...

THU/68/0114/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Two members of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Two members of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), on guard in their gunpit during Operation Toan Thang at Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral...

THU/68/0598/VN

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Two soldiers from New Zealand's 161st Battery, Royal ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-02. Two soldiers from New Zealand's 161st Battery, Royal New Zealand Artillery (RNZA), block their ears as their 105mm howitzer fires at enemy positions during O...

THU/68/0110/VN

BIEN HOA PROVINCE, VIETNAM. 1968-02. THREE SOLDIERS FROM NEW ZEALAND'S 161ST BATTERY, ROYAL NEW ...

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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, VIETNAM. 1968-02. THREE SOLDIERS FROM NEW ZEALAND'S 161ST BATTERY, ROYAL NEW ZEALAND ARMY (RNZA), BLOCK THEIR EARS AS THEIR 105MM HOWITZER GUN FIRES AT ENEMY POSITIONS DURING OPERAT...

THU/68/0111/VN

Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. A Vietnamese female rubber worker, riding a bicycle, has her ...

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Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. A Vietnamese female rubber worker, riding a bicycle, has her identity card checked by Corporal Peter Boyd of Sefton, NSW, during Operation Pegasus in and around Binh B...

THU/68/0421/VN

Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Patrolling along the edge of a rubber plantation during ...

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Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Patrolling along the edge of a rubber plantation during Operation Pegasus is Private Gordon Gillespie of Lewisham, NSW, a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian...

THU/68/0423/VN

Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Platoon Commander with 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian ...

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Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Platoon Commander with 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), Lieutenant Geoff Bowcock of Blakehurst, NSW, receives a radio message during Operation Pega...

THU/68/0422/VN

Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Private Mike Brown of Lindisfarne, Tas, a member of 1st ...

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Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Private Mike Brown of Lindisfarne, Tas, a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), checks the identity card of a Vietnamese woodcutter during Ope...

THU/68/0425/VN

Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Private M. Sell, a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian ...

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Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Private M. Sell, a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), on guard behind his M60 machine gun, against possible attack during Operation Pegasus...

THU/68/0426/VN

Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Troops from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), ...

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Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Troops from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), patrol the outskirts of a rubber plantation during Operation Pegasus. The one day operation was staged...

THU/68/0424/VN

Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Troops from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), ...

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Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Troops from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), patrol a rubber plantation during Operation Pegasus. The one day operation was staged in and around Bi...

THU/68/0420/VN

Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Troops from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), ...

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Binh Ba, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Troops from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), disembark from helicopters at the start of Operation Pegasus.

THU/68/0419/VN

Binh Gia, South Vietnam. 1968-01. Corporal Bob Straub of Rosanna, Vic, holding a Nhong bird, the ...

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Binh Gia, South Vietnam. 1968-01. Corporal Bob Straub of Rosanna, Vic, holding a Nhong bird, the Vietnamese variety of the Australian talking magpie, with him is the bird's Vietnamese Montagnard owner...

THU/68/0015/VN

Binh Gia, South Vietnam. 1968-01. Craftsman Geoff Astle of Tarragindi, Qld, a member of 7th ...

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Binh Gia, South Vietnam. 1968-01. Craftsman Geoff Astle of Tarragindi, Qld, a member of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), is handed a bundle of letters written to Australian soldier...

THU/68/0010/VN

Binh Gia, South Vietnam. 1968-01. Private George Keller of Yandina, Qld, tries to comfort a small ...

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Binh Gia, South Vietnam. 1968-01. Private George Keller of Yandina, Qld, tries to comfort a small Vietnamese boy during a Medical Civil Aid Project (MEDCAP) visit to his village, north of the 1st Aust...

THU/68/0013/VN

Brothers 54760 Philip Russell 'Russell' (left) and 1200599 Harry Richard 'Richard' Martin repair ...

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Brothers 54760 Philip Russell 'Russell' (left) and 1200599 Harry Richard 'Richard' Martin repair a radio set at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base. Both are members of the 104th Australian Sign...

THU/68/0060/VN

Checking a radar unit during Operation Coburg is 5411587 Gunner Murray Smale of Bayswater, WA, a ...

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Checking a radar unit during Operation Coburg is 5411587 Gunner Murray Smale of Bayswater, WA, a member of 131st Divisional Locating Battery. Gunner Smale's unit is based with the 1st Australian Task ...

THU/68/0125/VN

Checking a radar unit during Operation Coburg is 5411587 Gunner Murray Smale of Bayswater, WA, a ...

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Checking a radar unit during Operation Coburg is 5411587 Gunner Murray Smale of Bayswater, WA, a member of 131st Divisional Locating Battery. Gunner Smale’s unit is based with the 1st Australian task ...

THU/68/0124/VN

General William C. Westmoreland, Commander, US Military Assistance Command (left), speaks with ...

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General William C. Westmoreland, Commander, US Military Assistance Command (left), speaks with the Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Lieutenant Colonel Jim Shelt...

THU/68/0567/VN

General William C. Westmoreland, Commander, US Military Assistance Command Vietnam, speaks with ...

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General William C. Westmoreland, Commander, US Military Assistance Command Vietnam, speaks with members of 1 Troop, C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), about an ...

THU/68/0566/VN

Gift parcels collected by South Australian television station, NWS 9, were handed out to members ...

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Gift parcels collected by South Australian television station, NWS 9, were handed out to members of 104th Signal Squadron at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base. Accepting a tin of pineapple jui...

THU/68/0195/VN

Hoa Long, South Vietnam. 1968-03. Captain Don Mathews of Melbourne, Vic, a Salvation Army ...

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Hoa Long, South Vietnam. 1968-03. Captain Don Mathews of Melbourne, Vic, a Salvation Army representative with 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), hands a packet of Arrowmint chewing g...

THU/68/0260/VN

Hoa Long, Vietnam. 1967-10. Captain Neville Smith of Coopers Plains, Qld, handing out educational ...

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Hoa Long, Vietnam. 1967-10. Captain Neville Smith of Coopers Plains, Qld, handing out educational kits to two young Vietnamese children. More than 1,500 educational kits were donated by Australians to...

THU/67/0908/VN

Hoa Long, Vietnam. 1967-10. Educational material presented by Captain Neville Smith of Coopers ...

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Hoa Long, Vietnam. 1967-10. Educational material presented by Captain Neville Smith of Coopers Plains, Qld, were received with gratitude by these Vietnamese children. More than 1,500 educational kits ...

THU/67/0909/VN

Hoa Long, Vietnam. 1967-10. Educational material presented by Captain Neville Smith of Coopers ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Hoa Long, Vietnam. 1967-10. Educational material presented by Captain Neville Smith of Coopers Plains, Qld, were received with gratitude by these Vietnamese children. More than 1,500 educational kits ...

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Laverton RAAF Base, Vic. December 1966. Lying on a stretcher is Private Ian McMonigle of ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Laverton RAAF Base, Vic. December 1966. Lying on a stretcher is Private Ian McMonigle of Wangaratta, Vic, a member of 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), as he is carried from a Hercu...

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Laverton RAAF Base, Vic. December 1966. Lying on a stretcher is Private Ian McMonigle of ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Laverton RAAF Base, Vic. December 1966. Lying on a stretcher is Private Ian McMonigle of Wangaratta, Vic, a member of 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), as he is carried from a Hercu...

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Lieutenant Stevenson and Hue, a young Vietnamese boy, sit in a jeep at the Mobile Strike Force ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Lieutenant Stevenson and Hue, a young Vietnamese boy, sit in a jeep at the Mobile Strike Force camp. Hue can strip and assemble weapons faster than most of the men in the unit, an art he learnt from t...

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Lieutenant Stevenson guides Hue, a Vietnamese boy, in getting a feel of a cricket bat - even if ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Lieutenant Stevenson guides Hue, a Vietnamese boy, in getting a feel of a cricket bat - even if it is only a strip of plywood. The boy was orphaned after his Viet Cong parents were recently killed. Th...

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Lieutenant Stevenson instructs Hue, a young Vietnamese boy, in holding a plank of wood as a ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Lieutenant Stevenson instructs Hue, a young Vietnamese boy, in holding a plank of wood as a cricket bat. Hue's Viet Cong parents were killed just three months earlier.

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Long Dien, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Private Frank Kehoe of Zillmere, Qld, receives a helping hand ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Long Dien, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Private Frank Kehoe of Zillmere, Qld, receives a helping hand from a young Vietnamese boy to saw through a piece of wood. The 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit was c...

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Long Dien, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Private Roger Wedding of Murray Bridge, SA, a member of 2RAR ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Long Dien, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Private Roger Wedding of Murray Bridge, SA, a member of 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component...

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Long Dien, South Vietnam. 1968-04. The inhabitants of Long Dien village, received money and ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Long Dien, South Vietnam. 1968-04. The inhabitants of Long Dien village, received money and commodities to help restore the losses they sustained during attacks by the Viet Cong. Almost one million pi...

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Members of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), wave from their train at Seymour ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Members of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), wave from their train at Seymour as it prepares to pull out on the journey to Sydney, where the main body of the Battalion transferred t...

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Members of the Australian Army Intelligence Corps (AAIC) celebrated their corps' 60th birthday ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Members of the Australian Army Intelligence Corps (AAIC) celebrated their corps' 60th birthday with a barbeque at the Task Force base. Seen here chatting are, left to right: Captain Le Ba Trung, the O...

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Minister visits Ap Suoi Nghe DPR/TV/817

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

The Minister for the Army, Mr Phillip Lynch, lost no time during his visit to Vietnam in meeting officers and men serving in the theatre and with familiarising himself with Phuoc Tuy province, home of...

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Ngai Giao, South Vietnam. 1968-07. A woman, a day old baby and an old man were found inside this ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Ngai Giao, South Vietnam. 1968-07. A woman, a day old baby and an old man were found inside this Vietnamese house during a cordon and search of the village of Ngai Giao. Lieutenant Chris Ford of Grang...

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Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-04. The Commander, 1st Australian Task Force ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-04. The Commander, 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Brigadier Ron Hughes of Stafford Heights, Qld (left), presents a dart shield, donated by the Queen...

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04. A farewell party for officers of the 7th Battalion, The Royal ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04. A farewell party for officers of the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), before they returned to Australia after a year in Vietnam, was held in the of...

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04-13. A large sandbagged tent of 3rd Battalion, The Royal ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04-13. A large sandbagged tent of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), within a former Vietnamese market garden at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Bas...

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04. A memorial to soldiers of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04. A memorial to soldiers of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), built by members of the Battalion in blue-grey local stone at Battalion Headquarters. Th...

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04. An Australian Army quarry crusher at work. Note the piles of ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04. An Australian Army quarry crusher at work. Note the piles of crushed rocks in the foreground and the truck in top left hand corner.

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Bare-chested Lance Corporal Tony Ludington unloads mailbags from ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Bare-chested Lance Corporal Tony Ludington unloads mailbags from the back of a truck at Australian Field Post Office (AFPO4) at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Ba...

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Bare-chested 61553 Sergeant Kevin Jacques sorting mail into ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Bare-chested 61553 Sergeant Kevin Jacques sorting mail into pigeon holes at Australian Field Post Office (AFPO4), at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base.

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Bulldozers and heavy machinery working in the Task Force quarry.

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Bulldozers and heavy machinery working in the Task Force quarry.

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04-13. Corporal Milton Clark of Prospect, SA, cuts a bunch of ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04-13. Corporal Milton Clark of Prospect, SA, cuts a bunch of bananas growing in the area of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), at the 1st Australian Tas...

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Dental technician Corporal Denis Ernst, 22, of Ingleburn, NSW, ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Dental technician Corporal Denis Ernst, 22, of Ingleburn, NSW, works on a denture in the dental surgery of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), bas...

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-01. Enjoying a can of Dixi Cola while chatting, are brothers Russell ...

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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham

Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-01. Enjoying a can of Dixi Cola while chatting, are brothers Russell (left) and Richard Martin. Both are members of 104 Signal Squadron based with the 1st Australian Task ...

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