Binh Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1970. A dead enemy soldier and the capture of this ...

Binh Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1970. A dead enemy soldier and the capture of this Chinese Communist SKS rifle are the results of a contact between the Viet Cong (VC) and the Australians of Matilda Force in Vietnam. Examining the weapon are four of the men in the clash, left to right: Private (Pte) Ivan Heard of Cairns, Qld; Pte Graham Dwyer of Eidsvold, Qld; Corporal Ray Fell of Erskinville, NSW; Pte John Kerkman of Pooraka, SA. The soldiers were from B Company, of 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), which was providing infantry support for Operation Matilda, the biggest Australian armoured operation since World War II.