Photos Aussies and Kiwi's in Vietnam

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A yellow smoke grenade explodes at the rear of a Centurion tank of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR) RAAC in the jungle in front of a soldier. Smoke grenades were used to help helicopter pilots gauge wind direction at Landing Zones (LZ) as well as identifying enemy/friendly positions.

 

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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1968. A Centurion tank of C Squadron rumbles through a rubber plantation in support of troops of D Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), during operations

 

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Phuoc Tuy Province. 1971. Sergeant Eric 'Blue' Collins, a vehicle commander with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), prepares his M113A1 APC for a possible night ambush.

 

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Phuoc Tuy Province. 1971. Corporal Paul Menner (left), and Sergeant Brian 'Butch' Porter, D Company, 4RAR/NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and a component from 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment).

 

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An Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) patrol from 2nd Squadron examine the wreckage of a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter of 9 Squadron RAAF that was shot down on the 7th of June 1971 while on an ammunition re-supply mission during Operation Overlord, June 1971, Vietnam War.

The helicopter's captain, Flight Lieutenant Everitt Murray Lance, and the gunner, Corporal David John Dubber, were killed in the crash, while two other crewmen escaped with relatively minor injuries.

Trooper William Egidio (Bill) Robb (left), patrol medic, is carrying an M16 rifle fitted with an XM-148 40 mm grenade launcher and optical sight. On the right is Trooper James Winston (Jim) Briggs, patrol signaller, and in the background is Sergeant David Willem Scheele, second-in-command of the patrol. The 11-man patrol searched the dense jungle area of Operation Overlord for six days to find the crash and rescued the two surviving crewmembers but had no contacts with the enemy.
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I went looking for the story of the two crewies who survived in the bush for 6 days by them selves, couldn't find anything. But I did find this on Lofty Lance. https://samilhistory.com/tag/9-squadron-raaf/ the RAAF was his 4th air force. He had a massive career.

 

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I went looking for the story of the two crewies who survived in the bush for 6 days by them selves, couldn't find anything. But I did find this on Lofty Lance. https://samilhistory.com/tag/9-squadron-raaf/ the RAAF was his 4th air force. He had a massive career.

I knew Bill Robb in the late 80's-early 90's in both cops and 28th Ind Rifle Co (later 11/28 Battalion). Great bloke and mad as a cut snake

 

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March 1971. M60 gunner Private Peter Jose takes a drink from his canteen during operations in Phuoc Tuy Province. He is a soldier of 2RAR/NZ (ANZAC).

 

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Sergeant David Brown, an air traffic controller with 161 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight, climbing a 60 foot ladder to his “office” at Luscombe Air Field in Nui Dat. May 1971.

 

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February 1971. Troops of 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), and South Vietnamese Popular Force soldiers come together for Operation Phoi Hop in Phuoc Tuy Province

 

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Nui Dat, c. 1971. A MkV/1 Centurion tank which has just fired its main gun during a firepower demonstration at Nui Dat. Note the Australian soldiers observing the shoot at the far left.

 

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Sergeant Bill Bennett of Frankston, Victoria, fires a 50 calibre machine gun from an M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier. The Australian carriers, from 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse and mortars from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), occupied positions on the south side of the Dong Nai River, about four miles from Bien Hoa air base, and struck hard at Viet Cong defences across the river. There were no Australian casualties and the extent of the damage caused to enemy installations was not immediately known.

 

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Probably Fire Support Base Weir, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam, 1968. A MkV/1 Centurion tank of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), dug into a defensive position. A US Army vehicle stands in the background on the right of the tank's turret.

 

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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-07-09. Centurion tanks of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), during Operation Blue Mountains in south-east Phuoc Tuy Province. The tanks were operating in support of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), in the sweep of the area north of the Long Hai Hills.

 

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In the centre, a Mark V/1 Centurion tank of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), takes up position on the perimeter of Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral. To the right is a US Army M42 Duster vehicle, equipped with twin 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns.

 

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Sitting on top of an M113A1 armoured personnel carrier (APC) of B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, during Operation Concrete II, soldiers from 7RAR wait for the order to dismount from the vehicle and set off on a patrol. The APC has the call sign 23B and appears to bear the nickname 'Harlot'. May 1970

Infantry from 5RAR aboard an M113A1 carrier in the rubber at Niu Dat

 

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1967 - 68. Private Ross Allen, V2 Company, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment

 

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M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) probably of B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, stand in an open grassy area during Operation Nudgee. The operation is being conducted by 8RAR in collaboration with the US 2nd Infantry Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. 28 Apr. 1970

Near Night Defensive Position (NDP) Brigid, two crew members of an M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) of B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, try to fix a mechanical problem with one of the APC's wheels, as another crew member looks on from on board the vehicle.

 

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September 1971. A soldier from 4RAR/NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and a component from 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment) busy cleaning his rifle during Operation Ivanhoe in northern Phuoc Tuy Province.

 

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No.25 Patrol, 'F' Troop, 2nd Squadron, Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) and a US Navy SEAL at Nadzab Landing Zone after returning from their second nine day patrol. The patrol was from 1971-03-30 to 1971-04-08 at Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province, 8th of April 1971.

Left to right, back row- CPL Ian Rasmussen, 2IC, Trooper Don Barnaby, Signaller, Trooper Dennis Bird, Scout, 2nd LT Brian Russel, Patrol Commander. Front row: Trooper Bill Nisbett, Rifleman, John Deakin, United States Navy SEAL.

 

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Phuoc Tuy Province. September 1968. Centurion Mk V/1 tanks of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC).