Photos Aussies and Kiwi's in Vietnam

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LONG TAN, SOUTH VIETNAM. 19 AUGUST 1966. THREE SOLDIERS FROM D COMPANY, 6TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), TAKE A BREAK AS THEY GATHER AUSTRALIAN WEAPONS LEFT ON THE BATTLEFIELD AFTER THE ACTION OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHT WHEN THEIR COMPANY WAS FORCED TO STAND AND FIGHT AGAINST A COMBINED NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY/ VIET CONG FORCE OF ABOUT 2,500. LEFT TO RIGHT: PRIVATE (PTE) STAN HODDER OF AYR, QLD, PTE TERRY BURSTALL OF BALLARAT, VIC, AND PTE PETER DETTMAN OF TINGHA, NSW.

 

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3787166 Trooper Ross Alan Porter, 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron - 215419 Corporal David William Davies' driver, picking up 6 RAR just prior to Battle of Long Tan, July 1966. Davies served with 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron (May-December 1966) and A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment (January-April 1967). He served a later tour as a Temporary Sergeant with B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment from December 1969 - June 19

 

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VIETNAM. 1966-08-19. ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER COMMAND, LANCE CORPORAL REX WARREN OF NORWOOD, ADELAIDE, SA, KEEPS AN EYE OPEN FOR VIET CONG AS HIS HEAVY VEHICLE MOVES THROUGH A RUBBER PLANTATION. REX AND HIS CREW WERE AMONG TROOPS WHO SWEPT THROUGH THE AREA IN SEARCH OF THE ENEMY AFTER A BITTER BATTLE AT LONG TAN, IN WHICH 250 VIET CONG WERE KILLED.

 

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1966-08-19. During Operation Smithfield, Australian armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of 1 APC Squadron and soldiers on foot sweep along in pursuit of retreating Viet Cong troops in Phuoc Tuy Province. The chase followed a savage battle at Long Tan in which members of 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), APCs and artillery fire killed 250 enemy soldiers.

 

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Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Members of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), push through dense scrub country on foot and on an armoured personnel carrier (APC) in search of retreating Viet Cong. The Diggers were among the Australians who routed a large enemy force in a battle at Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province during Operation Smithfield.

 

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Vietnam. 1966-08-19. During Operation Smithfield, armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of 1 APC Squadron and troops on foot sweep along in pursuit of retreating Viet Cong in Phuoc Tuy Province. The chase followed a savage battle at Long Tan in which members of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), APCs and artillery fire killed 250 enemy troops.

 

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SOUTH VIETNAM. 1966-08-19. DURING OPERATION SMITHFIELD AUSTRALIAN ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APCS) OF 1 APC SQUADRON AND SOLDIERS ON FOOT SWEEP ALONG IN PURSUIT OF RETREATING VIET CONG TROOPS IN PHUOC TUY PROVINCE. THE CHASE FOLLOWED A SAVAGE BATTLE AT LONG TAN IN WHICH MEMBERS OF 6TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), APCS AND ARTILLERY FIRE KILLED 250 ENEMY SOLDIERS.

 

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VIETNAM. 1966-08-19. BOOTS DRAGGED DOWN BY MUD AND SHOULDERS STOOPED FROM EXHAUSTION, SOLDIERS FROM THE 6TH BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), PLOD ON WITH GRIM DETERMINATION IN SEARCH OF A LARGE VIET CONG (VC) FORCE. THE ENEMY WERE RETREATING AFTER LOSING 250 MEN IN A BITTER BATTLE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN FORCE AT LONG TAN, IN PHUOC TUY PROVINCE DURING OPERATION SMITHFIELD. THE SEARCHING AUSTRALIANS FOUND HASTILY DUG GRAVES AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF THE LARGE SCALE VC RETREAT.

 

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Long Tan, Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Troops of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), on a sweep in the area fire an APC mounted mortar during Operation Smithfield.

 

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Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Troops of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), fire an APC mounted mortar during a sweep after the battle at Long Tan, part of Operation Smithfield.

 

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Vietnam 1966-08-19. Private Ken Meredith (facing camera) waits with a group of signallers for the order to move back to base after a bitter engagement with the Viet Cong (VC) at Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province. Australians killed 250 VC in this action.

 

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Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Utterly exhausted, but watchful and grimly determined, members of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), push through dense scrub country in search of retreating Viet Cong. The Diggers were among the Australians who routed a large enemy force in a battle at Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province during Operation Smithfield.

 

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Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Private Roger Portlock and other soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), push through dense scrub in search of retreating Viet Cong after the battle of Long Tan during Operation Smithfield.

 

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Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Private Brian Wood of Toowoomba, Qld, carrying an M60 machine gun, was among soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), who decimated and pursued the Viet Cong after a bitter battle at Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province, part of Operation Smithfield. In follow-up sweeps the Diggers discovered graves and signs of a hasty retreat by the large Viet Cong force.

 

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Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Left to right, Sergeant Jack Thompson, Mortar Fire Controller of D Company, the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), and Captain (Capt) Ian McLean-Williams, Second in charge of D Company, squatting in a rubber plantation as they examine a map the morning after the Battle of Long Tan. Capt McLean-Williams is taking a sighting using a compass.

 

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Vietnam. 1966-08-19. 22900 Warrant Officer 2 John (Jack) Roughley of Oxley, Brisbane, Qld, contacts his platoon headquarters from an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) sweeping after retreating Viet Cong (VC). The pursuit followed a crushing defeat of the enemy at Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province. The 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), and supporting elements destroyed 250 VC in the battle during Operation Smithfield.

 

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Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Signalman John McKenzie on guard in a weapon pit on a sweep after the battle of Long Tan, part of Operation Smithfield.

 

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VIETNAM. 1966-08-19. TROOPS OF 6TH BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR) ON BOARD ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC'S) OF NO 1 APC SQUADRON WAITING TO RETURN TO BASE AT NUI DAT AFTER THE LONG TAN BATTLE DURING OPERATION SMITHFIELD.

 

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VUNG TAU, VIETNAM. 1966-08-26. ARMY BANDSMAN/STRETCHER BEARER, PRIVATE GRAEME DAVIS, 6TH BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), TALKING TO AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS WORKER MISS HILDA ZINNER DURING HER VISIT TO THE MILITARY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS RECOVERING FROM A SHOT IN THE ARM DURING THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN.

 

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Vung Tau, Vietnam. 1966-08-26. Private Barry (Custard) Mellor, 11 Platoon, survivor of the Battle of Long Tan lying in a hospital bed with a bullet wound to his cheek and leg and a cigarette in his hand. Mellor was found leaning against a rubber tree, by Delta Company, the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), on its return, twelve hours later.