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A hill in Vietnam DPR/TV/583
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Maker: Coleridge, Michael
Less than two months before being due to return to Australia, soldiers of the 5th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, have made a hilltop to hilltop change of location in Vietnam to occupy and f...F03854
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A home away from home DPR/TV/406&407
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
Soldiers of the Fifth and Sixth Battalions, The Royal Australian Regiment, in Vietnam have found the monsoon season no great aid to their task of digging fortified positions in their constant search f...F03779
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A 4.2 INCH MORTAR IN A PIT AT THE FIRE SUPPORT BASE.
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Maker: Unknown
A 4.2 INCH MORTAR IN A PIT AT THE FIRE SUPPORT BASE.P01721.005
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Air strikes on Long Hai Hills DPR/TV/800
Film
Maker: Crothers, Richard William
Australian troops are now engaged on a mission designed to uproot the Viet Cong from the rugged Long Hai Hills, south of the Task Force base at Nui Dat. An estimated 1000 VC, including cadre members f...F03981
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A mortar fire control centre built four and half feet into the ground. Note the coloured posts in ...
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Maker: Carroll, Owen Maxwell
A mortar fire control centre built four and half feet into the ground. Note the coloured posts in the centre background. These are mortar aiming posts and all vegetation between the posts and the cont...P02177.004
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An 81 mm mortar set up and waiting to be emplaced in a mortar pit at Fire Support Base (FSB) ...
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Maker: Army Public Relations
An 81 mm mortar set up and waiting to be emplaced in a mortar pit at Fire Support Base (FSB) Maree/Marie, which is being established for operation Ivanhoe (19 September - 2 October 1971). In the backg...P02636.039
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An Ngai, South Vietnam. January 1971. Warrant Officer (WO) Ray Luckman of Paddington, NSW, enjoys ...
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
An Ngai, South Vietnam. January 1971. Warrant Officer (WO) Ray Luckman of Paddington, NSW, enjoys a playful romp with an unofficial mascot, a dog named Breakfast. WO Luckman is an advisor at the Regio...CUN/71/0010/VN
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An unidentified device, possibly of Russian or Chinese origin and similar to a mortar. It is ...
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Maker: Kemp, John Howard
An unidentified device, possibly of Russian or Chinese origin and similar to a mortar. It is designed to be buried in the ground and can be can be detonated by contact or by a tripwire causing the pro...P02979.019
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A pair of Chinese Communist (Chicom) mortar bombs as used by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese ...
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Maker: Kemp, John Howard
A pair of Chinese Communist (Chicom) mortar bombs as used by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam war. A 120 mm round (left) and an 82 mm round (right).P02979.016
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Armoured personnel carriers come under Communist fire while bogged down (Visnews production number 10012-72)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Armoured Personnel Carriers - sent to the relief of a South Vietnamese Ranger battalion near Lai Khe - on Tuesday (15 August) came under North Vietnamese mortar fire when they became bogged down in a ...F10518
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1966. A UNITED STATES T18E6 60MM LIGHT MORTAR.
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Maker: Prosper, Bruce Michael
1966. A UNITED STATES T18E6 60MM LIGHT MORTAR.P01268.027
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Australians find large cache DPR/TV/1222
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Maker: Ward, Peter Anthony
In Vietnam last week the enemy effort in Phuoc Tuy Province received a major set-back when an Australian infantry company discovered a cache of about three tons of mines and grenades and numerous weap...F04412
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Battle training for the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), mortar platoon. The ...
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Maker: Keenan
Battle training for the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), mortar platoon. The battalion moved into the Army's Shoalwater Bay Training Area, north of Rockhampton, Qld, in preparation...KEE/67/0020/NC
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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, 1968-06. AERIAL VIEW OF CRATERS MADE BY NORTH VIETNAMESE MORTAR ...
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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, 1968-06. AERIAL VIEW OF CRATERS MADE BY NORTH VIETNAMESE MORTAR EXPLOSIONS NEAR FIRE SUPPORT BASE "CORAL" WHICH WAS ATTACKED FIRST ON 1968-05-12. DONOR: K.L. FOWLERP00823.009
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Bien Hoa, Vietnam. c.1968-01. A member of Mortar Platoon, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian ...
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Bien Hoa, Vietnam. c.1968-01. A member of Mortar Platoon, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), prepares to fire a mortar into the jungle during Operation Coburg.P01979.005
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Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965-09. The tent lines of No. 161 Reconnaissance Flight at Bien Hoa. Note the ...
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Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965-09. The tent lines of No. 161 Reconnaissance Flight at Bien Hoa. Note the sandbags around the tents. The sandbags provided protection from Viet Cong mortar attacks.P01949.002
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Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965-09. The tent lines of No. 161 Reconnaissance Flight at Bien Hoa. Note the ...
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Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965-09. The tent lines of No. 161 Reconnaissance Flight at Bien Hoa. Note the sandbags around the tents. The sandbags provided protection from Viet Cong mortar attacks. (Donor: V. ...P01949.005
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6 Bn RAR [featuring 1st year National Servicemen] in operation; Phuoc Tuy Province. DPR/TV/415
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National servicemen posted to the 6th Battalion RAR and other units of the 1st Australian Task Force Vietnam are beginning their second year as soldiers. This film shows the battalion's first operati...F10104
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CGS in Vietnam DPR/TV/1134
Film
Maker: Bellis, Christopher John
The Australian Army's Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Daly, returned home to Canberra today after his eighth visit to South Vietnam. During his five-day tour, Lieutenant-Gene...F04352
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Chief of General Staff Brogan visit to 1 ATF DPR/TV/1427
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
Australia's top soldier, the Chief of the General Staff, 231 Lieutenant-General Mervyn Francis Brogan, has been visiting troops on operational service in Vietnam. All was in readiness for his visit to...F04514
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CHILD HAVING HIS HAIR CUT INSIDE THE 162 REGIONAL FORCES POST NEAR THE MORTAR PIT.
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Maker: Lucaci, John James R
CHILD HAVING HIS HAIR CUT INSIDE THE 162 REGIONAL FORCES POST NEAR THE MORTAR PIT.P00602.020
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Collection related to the service of Corporal Trent Grall, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR)
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Maker: Grall, Trent
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam, ? 1967-08. Members of the Mortar Platoon, Support Company, the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), occupying a mortar position, possibly for Operation Bal...P01783.013
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Collection related to the service of Corporal Trent Grall, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR)
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Maker: Grall, Trent
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam, ? 1967-11. Members of the Mortar Platoon, Support Company, the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), cover their ears as they fire their 81mm mortar from a ...P01783.011
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Collection related to the service of Corporal Trent Grall, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR)
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Maker: Grall, Trent
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam, ? 1967-11. Members of the Mortar Platoon, Support Company, the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), firing their 81mm mortars from sandbagged defensive pos...P01783.010
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Collection relating to 48641 Andrew Gordon Turner, A Squadron 3 Cavalry Regiment
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Maker: Turner, Andrew Gordon
81 mm mortar on the beach as crew come back from a swim during operation Leeton. US patrol boat known as a 'Pibber' passing in background.P07975.129
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Collection relating to 48641 Andrew Gordon Turner, A Squadron 3 Cavalry Regiment
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Maker: Turner, Andrew Gordon
Australian mortar team among sand dunes in Long Hai area.P07975.155
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Collection relating to 48641 Andrew Gordon Turner, A Squadron 3 Cavalry Regiment
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Maker: Turner, Andrew Gordon
Australian mortar team among sand dunes in Long Hai area.P07975.153
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Collection relating to 48641 Andrew Gordon Turner, A Squadron 3 Cavalry Regiment
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Maker: Turner, Andrew Gordon
Australian mortar team among sand dunes in Long Hai area.P07975.152
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Collection relating to 48641 Andrew Gordon Turner, A Squadron 3 Cavalry Regiment
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Maker: Turner, Andrew Gordon
81 mm mortar crew firing at VC positions from the beach during operation Leeton.P07975.128
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Collection relating to 48641 Andrew Gordon Turner, A Squadron 3 Cavalry Regiment
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Maker: Turner, Andrew Gordon
81 mm mortar crew set up and standing by on the beach during operation Leeton.P07975.127
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Collection relating to Bruce Keith Chapman, 3 Cavalry Regiment
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Maker: Chapman, Bruce Keith
81mm mortar at an unidentified Fire Support Base. One of a collection of images related to the service of 2792610 Trooper (Tpr) (later Corporal (Cpl)) Bruce Keith Chapman. Chapman served in Vietnam wi...P07837.060
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Colonel in pony drawn cart leads Khmer troops into Communist territory (Visnews production number 14265-71)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
A Khmer battalion led by a colonel in a pony-drawn cart edged cautiously into communist territory last Monday (29 November) just north of the capital of Phnom Penh. The day before the battalion lost 2...F10513
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DAMAGED FOUR MAN TENT OF CAPTAIN PAYNE, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, AFTER ATTACK BY A MORTAR BOMB.
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Maker: MacGregor, Alexander Hugh 'Sandy'
DAMAGED FOUR MAN TENT OF CAPTAIN PAYNE, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, AFTER ATTACK BY A MORTAR BOMB.P01595.058
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131 DIVISIONAL LOCATING BATTERY WORKSHOP, REPAIRING AN ANKPQI RADAR UNIT. THE ANKPQI RADAR WAS ...
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Maker: Unknown
131 DIVISIONAL LOCATING BATTERY WORKSHOP, REPAIRING AN ANKPQI RADAR UNIT. THE ANKPQI RADAR WAS USED, WITH LIMITED SUCCESS, TO LOCATE ENEMY MORTARS BY TRACKING INCOMING MORTAR ROUNDS.P01226.005
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FIRE SUPPORT BASE LION AT TUI TIC. NOTE THE FRESHLY DUG MORTAR PIT.
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Maker: Unknown
FIRE SUPPORT BASE LION AT TUI TIC. NOTE THE FRESHLY DUG MORTAR PIT.P01721.009
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Gia Vuc, Vietnam. 1965. 81mm mortar post, one of about sixteen situated around the US Army ...
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Maker: Furze, Ronald Joseph Stirling
Gia Vuc, Vietnam. 1965. 81mm mortar post, one of about sixteen situated around the US Army Special Forces (USSF) camp.P01975.011
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Graeme Arthur Unmack as a craftsman A Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment Light Aid Detachment, South Vietnam 1970 [recorded letter]
Sound
Maker: Unmack, Graeme Arthur
Recorded letter by Craftsman Graeme Arthur Unmack, 1 Armoured Regiment Light Aid Detachment, Vietnam, 19 February 1970. Recording is made to his family, narrating his role in Operation Hammersley.S03048
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Infantry firepower pounds Viet Cong DPR/TV/271
Film
Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Troops and vehicle moved into positions on the south bank of the Dong Nai River early morning and throughout the day directed their fire at preplanned targets across the river in war zone 'D', which t...F10082
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Interview with Neil Davis Roll 4 (Frontline out takes)
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Maker: Kim Dong Kyu Davis, Neil Brian Bradbury, David
Neil Davis as a cameraman correspondent describes the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV); Viet Cong (VC) and compares their rifles and mortars to those of US forces; consequences of faults ...F10478
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[Khmer] Government Forces drive back Communist troops in fierce paddyfield battle (Visnews production number 13978-71)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian Wilkinson, Derek Aspell, Thomas
As forces of the Khmer Government and Communist troops battle for control around the outskirts of Phnom Penh, some of the heaviest fighting since the war escalated into the country has been reported o...F10512
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Major-General Brogan in Vietnam DPR/TV/932
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The Australian Army's Quartermaster-General, Major-General M. F. Brogan, this week completes a visit to Australian troops in Vietnam. A few days ago General Brogan flew by helicopter into fire support...F04242
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MARBLE MOUNTAINS, QUANG NAM PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. SMOKE RISING INTO THE AIR AFTER A VIET ...
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Maker: Prosper, Bruce Michael
MARBLE MOUNTAINS, QUANG NAM PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. SMOKE RISING INTO THE AIR AFTER A VIET CONG (VC) MORTAR ATTACK ON A USM OUTPOST SOUTH OF MARBLE MOUNTAIN.P01268.005
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Marching 3
Art
Maker: Le Ngoc Hieu
North Vietnamese soldier carring mortar support. Created during a period of socialist transformation and cultural revolution in Vietnam, such art was viewed by the North Vietnamese Government as a ve...ART93132
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Members of 8 Platoon 1 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), repairing the platoon's ...
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Maker: McNamara, John D
Members of 8 Platoon 1 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), repairing the platoon's underground command post that collapsed due to monsoonal rain and the ground giving way. Platoon tents w...P01496.001
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Members of 8 Platoon, C Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian regiment (5RAR) sharpen machetes ...
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Maker: Bishop, Douglas James
Members of 8 Platoon, C Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian regiment (5RAR) sharpen machetes in the platoon lines at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat sometime in 1966. From le...P01353.021
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MEMBERS OF THE 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), TEST FIRING SUSPECT ...
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Maker: Unknown
MEMBERS OF THE 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), TEST FIRING SUSPECT AMMUNITION FROM A MORTAR CARRIER (134426). THE INTERIOR OF THE CARRIER IS CLEARLY VISIBLE AS THE BACK IS LOWERED...P01721.023
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81 mm M29 Mortar Aiming Posts
Technology
Maker: Watervliet Arsenal
Aluminium aiming posts painted with red and white stadia marks for distance calculations.REL/19322.002
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81 mm M29 Mortar Barrel
Technology
Maker: Watervliet Arsenal
M29 mortar barrel made from ordnance steel. The barrel has a smoothbore profile and has helical external grooves. The barrel is in original steel finish. Markings - 8766506.REL/19322.003
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81 mm M29 Mortar Baseplate
Technology
Maker: Watervliet Arsenal
M29 mortar baseplate made from pressed and welded steel. The baseplate is circular in shape and has anchor spikes on the bottom of the base. The baseplate is painted olive drab.REL/19322.004
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81 mm M29 Mortar Bipod
Technology
Maker: Watervliet Arsenal
M29 Mortar barrel bipod made from ordnance steel. The bipod has provisions for windage and elevation and is painted olive drab. Markings - T62 USA; 7291018.REL/19322.001
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81MM MORTAR PIT, NEW WORKS, AT THE 162 REGIONAL FORCES POST.
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Maker: Lucaci, John James R
81MM MORTAR PIT, NEW WORKS, AT THE 162 REGIONAL FORCES POST.P00602.019
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81MM MORTAR PIT, NEW WORKS, AT THE 162 REGIONAL FORCES POST.
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Maker: Lucaci, John James R
81MM MORTAR PIT, NEW WORKS, AT THE 162 REGIONAL FORCES POST.P00602.018
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81 mm Mortar Storage Case
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Mortar projectile ammunition case made from wood with a natural wood finish. The case is screwed and nailed together from wooden planks. The lid is attached by two metal hinges and has provisions to b...REL34015
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60mm mortar tail fin : Lieutenant A H Jensen, 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Remains of a Viet Cong 60mm mortar tail fin unit. The eight stabilising fins are twisted and broken in places.REL35082
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81 mm mortar, Trieu Phong, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam
Art
Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
An M29 81mm mortar, sighting scope and tripod in a bunker of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) at Trieu Phong.ART40543
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Model M30 82 mm Mortar Fragmentation Projectile Tail Fin : Corporal L Clarke, 1 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Technology
Maker: Chinese State Arsenal
Tail fin from Model M30 82 mm Mortar projectile. The tail fin has ten fins spot welded to the tail. The initiator charge cartridge is attached to the tail body. The fin and tail assembly is rusted. Ma...REL35665
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MORTAR PIT OF 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR).
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Maker: Ryan, Paul
MORTAR PIT OF 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR).P01636.002
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MORTAR PLATOON POSITIONS BEING DUG, POSSIBLY WHEN MEMBERS OF THE 3RD BATTALION, THE ROYAL ...
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Maker: Unknown
MORTAR PLATOON POSITIONS BEING DUG, POSSIBLY WHEN MEMBERS OF THE 3RD BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (3RAR), ARRIVED TO TAKE UP POSITIONS WITH THE AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE (1ATF).P01721.004
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NAM DONG, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1964-06-07. COLONEL F. P. SERONG, COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN ARMY TRAINING ...
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NAM DONG, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1964-06-07. COLONEL F. P. SERONG, COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN ARMY TRAINING TEAM VIETNAM (AATTV) WITH A US ADVISER, INSPECTING A MORTAR PIT IN WHICH WARRANT OFFICER 2 K. G. (KEVIN) C...P00963.055
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NAM DONG, VIETNAM. 1964-07-07. AERIAL VIEW OF THE NAM DONG SPECIAL FORCES CAMP THE DAY AFTER A ...
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NAM DONG, VIETNAM. 1964-07-07. AERIAL VIEW OF THE NAM DONG SPECIAL FORCES CAMP THE DAY AFTER A SAVAGE ATTACK BY A LARGE VIET CONG FORCE. EARLY IN THE ATTACK WARRANT OFFICER CONWAY WAS KILLED WHILE ENT...P01011.018
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National servicemen 12 months later in 6 RAR ex operation Enogerra DPR/TV/415
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
The date is the first of June 1966, and National Servicemen posted to fight with the Sixth Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, and other units of the First Australian Task Force in Vietnam are b...F03798
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NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM, C. 1969-04. MORTAR PIT. (DONOR S. O'BRIEN)
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NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM, C. 1969-04. MORTAR PIT. (DONOR S. O'BRIEN)P00818.003
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Phan Rang, Vietnam. The RAAF's No. 2 Squadron domestic area, viewed from Phan Rang's Nui Dat ...
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Phan Rang, Vietnam. The RAAF's No. 2 Squadron domestic area, viewed from Phan Rang's Nui Dat (meaning `small hill') located in the middle of the US airbase. On a number of occasions Viet Cong mortars,...P01958.002
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PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. AN 81MM MORTAR CREW FROM SUPPORT COMPANY, 5TH BATTALION, ...
Photograph
Maker: Bishop, Douglas James
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. AN 81MM MORTAR CREW FROM SUPPORT COMPANY, 5TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (5RAR), WITH AN M113 ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC) ADAPTED FOR FIRING...P01353.027
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1970. Checking a map before calling down mortar fire is ...
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Maker: Ward, Peter Anthony
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...WAR/70/0649/VN
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 24 August 1967. 374177 Lieutenant David Tresise from the ...
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Maker: Coleridge, Michael
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 24 August 1967. 374177 Lieutenant David Tresise from the Mortar Platoon, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) is accompanied by a South Vietnamese Arm...EKN/67/0143/VN
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 24 August 1967. Soldiers from the Mortar Platoon of 7th ...
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Maker: Coleridge, Michael
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 24 August 1967. Soldiers from the Mortar Platoon of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), in the village of Dat Do during Operation Burnside. Left to ...EKN/67/0138/VN
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1972. Adding realism to a Cambodian training exercise ...
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1972. Adding realism to a Cambodian training exercise are, left to right: Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) Des Wise of Salisbury, Qld; WO2 Jack Woods of Ingleb...CUN/72/0022/VN
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 18 February 1970. Section Commander, Corporal Joe Danyluk of ...
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Maker: Ward, Peter Anthony
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 18 February 1970. Section Commander, Corporal Joe Danyluk of Port Kembla, NSW, carrying a mortar gun calls a halt during a sweep through bombed out jungle after a bl...WAR/70/0105/VN
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 13 July 1971. Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General ...
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 13 July 1971. Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) M. F. Brogan (left), on his first official visit to South Vietnam, talks with Corporal Trevor N...CUN/71/0372/VN
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 13 July 1971. Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General ...
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 13 July 1971. Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) M. F. Brogan, on his first official visit to South Vietnam, looks over an 81mm mortar with Corp...CUN/71/0373/VN
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 14 July 1971. Explosives Demolition experts Warrant Officer ...
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 14 July 1971. Explosives Demolition experts Warrant Officer Class 2 Rocky Lane of Brisbane, Qld (right), and Staff Sergeant Bill Thornton of Denman, NSW, remove an o...CUN/71/0386/VN
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 9 March 1970. A forward scout has reported sighting a fire in ...
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Maker: Ward, Peter Anthony
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 9 March 1970. A forward scout has reported sighting a fire in the jungle and Sergeant Doug Fieldhouse of Fairfield, NSW, quickly moves to get a better look. He is th...WAR/70/0161/VN
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. March 1971. Corporal (Cpl) Chris St. Claire of Glen Innes, ...
Photograph
Maker: Errington, Philip John
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. March 1971. Corporal (Cpl) Chris St. Claire of Glen Innes, NSW, cleans his 81mm mortar during a break in operations in Phuoc Tuy Province. Cpl St. Claire is a member...PJE/71/0123/VN
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PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1966. MORTAR SECTION OF SUPPORT COMPANY 5TH BATTALION, THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Bishop, Douglas James
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1966. MORTAR SECTION OF SUPPORT COMPANY 5TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (5RAR) OPERATING AN 81MM MORTAR FROM AN M113 ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER ADAPTED ...P01353.019
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. September 1971. A sign of a weary Kangaroo carrying a mortar, ...
Photograph
Maker: Ford, John Alfred
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. September 1971. A sign of a weary Kangaroo carrying a mortar, tripod and pack, a duck in the pouch has a can with XXXX on it in its mouth, depicts the sentiments of ...FOD/71/0466/VN
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PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. SOLDIERS FROM THE MORTAR PLATOON, SUPPORT COMPANY, 5TH ...
Photograph
Maker: Bishop, Douglas James
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. SOLDIERS FROM THE MORTAR PLATOON, SUPPORT COMPANY, 5TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (5RAR) WITH AN M113 ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC) ADAPTED FO...P01353.028
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POSSIBLY FIRE SUPPORT BASE LION AT TUI TIC. REAR VIEW OF AN ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER M113 ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
POSSIBLY FIRE SUPPORT BASE LION AT TUI TIC. REAR VIEW OF AN ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER M113 FITTED WITH 81MM MORTAR. NOTE THE MORTAR BOMBS STACKED INSIDE AND AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. NOTE ALSO THE ...P01721.013
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214561 Private Anthony Thomas Goodsell running into position for a fire mission. The boxes in the ...
Photograph
Maker: Gosper, Tom
214561 Private Anthony Thomas Goodsell running into position for a fire mission. The boxes in the foreground contain ready use ammunition for the 81 mm mortar. Soldiers of 1st Battalion, Royal Austral...P11006.020
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Private (Pte) Eric Wallis of Wagin, WA, a mortarman with Support company, 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ...
Photograph
Maker: Errington, Philip John
Private (Pte) Eric Wallis of Wagin, WA, a mortarman with Support company, 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Bat...PJE/71/0204/VN
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1968. Publicity photograph of the all-girl pop group the Vamps. The five members, Carol ...
Photograph
1968. Publicity photograph of the all-girl pop group the Vamps. The five members, Carol Middlemiss, leader of the group Margaret Britt, Julie Hibberd and Denise Cooper and Valerie Fallon, all of Sydne...P02538.001
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6 RAR begins Ops in South Vietnam DPR/TV/1115
Film
Maker: Bellis, Christopher John
Australia's newly arrived battalion in Vietnam, 6th Battalion, has completed its settling in stage and is now engaged in its first major operation. The operation, aptly named Lavarack after its barrac...F04343
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5 RAR Mortar Platoon South Vietnam 1969
Film
Maker: Heuston, Graham William
Footage includes scenes of the platoon base, of preparing and firing mortars, smoke rising from impact of rounds, Chinook dropping supplies, platoon firing rounds (whlist wearing ear protection), rest...F10870
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2 RAR Mortar Platoon South Vietnam
Film
Maker: Skelton, Hughie Alphonsis
2 RAR Mortar Platoon South VietnamF00457
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162 REGIONAL FORCES COMPANY MAIN COMPOUND, 81MM MORTAR PIT AND 'AIRCRAFT NIGHT ENEMY DIRECTION ...
Photograph
Maker: Lucaci, John James R
162 REGIONAL FORCES COMPANY MAIN COMPOUND, 81MM MORTAR PIT AND 'AIRCRAFT NIGHT ENEMY DIRECTION INDICATOR' SEEN FROM AUSTRALIAN BUNKER.P00602.004
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RESULTS OF MORTAR ATTACKS BIEN HOA AIR BASE. TAKEN FROM BIEN HOA HOSPITAL, VIETNAM, 1969-75.
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RESULTS OF MORTAR ATTACKS BIEN HOA AIR BASE. TAKEN FROM BIEN HOA HOSPITAL, VIETNAM, 1969-75.P00368.001
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Robert Terence (Terry) Burstall as a Private D Coy 6 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
Film
Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Burstall, Robert Terence Swanborough, Greg
Private, 1RAR 8 May 1966 to 5 June 1966. D Coy, 6RAR 6 June 1966 to 14 June 1967. Scene 12, Take 1: Volunteered to fight and believed the communist aggression from north had to be stopped. Describe...F10640
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Song Rai River, South Vietnam. 1967-07. Members of A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, clearing old ...
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Maker: Murphy, Gordon James
Song Rai River, South Vietnam. 1967-07. Members of A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, clearing old wire from near the Song Rai bridge so that the bridge could be fully checked. During Operation Paddingto...P02060.056
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South Vietnam. 1968-12. A mortar crew in action at Fire Support Base (FSB) Avenger, ten miles ...
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South Vietnam. 1968-12. A mortar crew in action at Fire Support Base (FSB) Avenger, ten miles north of Nui Dat during a reconnaissance in force operation conducted by 9th Battalion, The Royal Australi...EKN/68/0162/VN
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South Vietnam. 1967-07. A muddy paddy field showing an M125A1 mortar carrier in the foreground ...
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Maker: Murphy, Gordon James
South Vietnam. 1967-07. A muddy paddy field showing an M125A1 mortar carrier in the foreground and the Squadron Headquarters (SHQ) of A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, in the background during Operati...P02060.057
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South Vietnam. April 1971. Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), ...
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Maker: Errington, Philip John
South Vietnam. April 1971. Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), were moving through the South Vietnamese jungle when they discovered what appeared to be an unexploded 8...PJE/71/0238/VN
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SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. A VARIETY OF MUNITIONS AND DEVICES USED BY THE UNITED STATES (US) FORCES, ...
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Maker: Prosper, Bruce Michael
SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. A VARIETY OF MUNITIONS AND DEVICES USED BY THE UNITED STATES (US) FORCES, THE VIET CONG (VC) AND THE NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA). LEFT TO RIGHT: A MAN TRAP; THREE MORTAR ROUNDS, P...P01268.051
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SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. A VARIETY OF MUNITIONS USED BY THE UNITED STATES (US) FORCES, THE VIET CONG ...
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Maker: Prosper, Bruce Michael
SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. A VARIETY OF MUNITIONS USED BY THE UNITED STATES (US) FORCES, THE VIET CONG (VC) AND THE NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA). LEFT TO RIGHT: THREE MORTAR ROUNDS, PROBABLY UNITED STATES 81...P01268.050
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SOUTH VIETNAM. 1969-01-18. COMMANDER OF UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND VIETNAM, ...
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Maker: Combe, David Reginald
SOUTH VIETNAM. 1969-01-18. COMMANDER OF UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND VIETNAM, GENERAL CREIGHTON ABRAMS (SECOND FROM RIGHT) AT FIRE SUPPORT BASE, DIGGERS REST, TALKS WITH SERGEANT STUART K...COM/69/0026/VN
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South Vietnam. January 1971. Australian troops unearthed a Viet Cong jungle workshop, complete ...
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
South Vietnam. January 1971. Australian troops unearthed a Viet Cong jungle workshop, complete with large quantities of tools and equipment. Surveying the haul is Sergeant Jim Woodhouse of Swanburne, ...CUN/71/0019/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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1970, SOUTH VIETNAM, LONG PHUOC HAI. PERIMETER WIRE BOOBY TRAPPED WITH 82MM MORTAR BOMBS. THE ...
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Maker: Dutton, Graham Locksley
1970, SOUTH VIETNAM, LONG PHUOC HAI. PERIMETER WIRE BOOBY TRAPPED WITH 82MM MORTAR BOMBS. THE SIGN WARNS PEDESTRIANS AWAY.P00180.095
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South Vietnam. March 1971. Australian Defence Minister, Mr John G. Gorton, receives first hand ...
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Maker: Errington, Philip John
South Vietnam. March 1971. Australian Defence Minister, Mr John G. Gorton, receives first hand advice on the operation of an 81mm mortar from Private Ken Tyndall of Hilton Park, WA. Mr Gorton was visi...PJE/71/0139/VN
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South Vietnam. 1969. Mortar sections of Support Company, 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion ...
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South Vietnam. 1969. Mortar sections of Support Company, 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New...EKT/69/0013A/VN