Photos Aussies and Kiwi's in Vietnam

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28 May 1968. A B52 crater situated slightly left and front on 11 Platoon, 4 Section, D Coy, members of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) sandbagged gun pit over looking the battlefield to the tree line where a regiment of North Vietnamese Army (NVA) soldiers formed up, prior to coming across open ground under cover of their own mortars to attack 3RAR's defences.

 

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28 May 1968. Bien Hoa province, Vietnam. Access gate to Fire Support Base (FSB) Balmoral which was blown up by North Vietnamese Army (NVA) troops of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during their attack on the base. The access gate was a passage between a series of razor wire fences that protected the perimeter of the base. The wire is strung on pegs driven into the ground in the foreground. The PAVN troops were attempting to penetrate the FSB through its access gate so that they could overrun the base. (Donor G. Murray)

 

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28 May 1968. Bien Hoa province, Vietnam. Trooper (Tpr) Geoff Murray of 'A' Squadron 3 Cavalry Regiment, stands near some of the defences and the access gate (rear) for Fire Support Base Balmoral (FSB). In the foreground (centre) is a sandbagged weapons pit with an M60 machine gun set up on it and a pair of binoculars resting on the ground next to it. Directly to the rear of the weapons pit is a heavily sandbagged earthwork or bund behind which Tpr Murray's M113A1 armoured personnel carrier (APC) (right) is positioned. The access gate is a passage between a series of razor wire fences that protect the perimeter of the base. The wire is strung on pegs driven into the ground in the background.

 

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An aerial view, taken from a 9 Squadron helicopter, of Fire Support Base (FSB) Balmoral the morning after one of the two North Vietnamese Army (NVA) attacks on either 26 or 28 May 1968. In the view are two Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) of A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment and one centurion tank of 2 Troop, C Squadron, 1 Armoured Regiment. FSB Balmoral is in Bien Hoa Province and 3RAR were deployed there are part of Operation Toan Thang I. The purple background colour and the triangle shapes are defects in the original colour slide.

 

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SOUTH VIETNAM. C. 1968. VIEW OVER FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB) BALMORAL LOOKING NORTH TO THE KILLING GROUND.

 

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Resupply to FSPB Balmoral. Supply by Tom Spring [May 1968]

 

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28 May 1968. 379212 Private (Pte) John Edwin Bryant, all of 11 Platoon, 4 Section, D Coy, members of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), with North Vietnamese Army (NVA) weapons packs and webbing recovered after the battle at Fire Support Base Balmoral.

 

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28 May 1968. Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. Two soldiers from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Lance Corporal Ken Myers of Dromana, Vic (left), and Private Malcolm Deveson of East Brighton, Vic, inspect enemy weapons, RPG-7 (rocket propelled grenade) and an RPD light machine gun, captured after the battle with two North Vietnamese battalions at Fire Support Base (FSB) Balmoral, about twenty five miles north of Saigon. Forty eight enemy soldiers were killed in the fighting.

 

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28 May 1968. Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. Two soldiers from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Lance Corporal Heaton Pittendreigh of Capalaba, Qld (left), and Private Graeme Poole of Mackay, Qld, inspect enemy weapons, RPG-7 (rocket propelled grenade) and an RPD light machine gun, captured after the battle with two North Vietnamese battalions at Fire Support Base (FSB) Balmoral, about twenty five miles north of Saigon. Forty eight enemy soldiers were killed in the fighting.

 

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28 May 1968. Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 55139 Private Len Cargeeg of Bencubbin, WA, a member of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), ties classification tags on enemy weapons, RPG-7 (rocket propelled grenade), an RPD light machine gun and a Type 56 carbine, all captured during the battle with two North Vietnamese battalions at Fire Support Base (FSB) Balmoral, about twenty five miles north of Saigon. Forty eight enemy soldiers were killed in the battle.

 

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28 May 1968. Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. Private Jeff Worle of Hampton, Vic, a member of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), carries an enemy weapon captured after heavy fighting at Fire Support Base (FSB) Balmoral, about twenty five miles north of Saigon. About forty eight enemy soldiers were killed when two North Vietnamese battalions assaulted the base with rockets, mortars and a ground attack.

 

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28 May 1968. Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. Two soldiers from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Private Peter Guy of Fremantle, WA (left), and Private Kevin Scales of Athol Park, SA, inspect enemy weapons, RPG-7 (rocket propelled grenade), an RPD light machine gun and a Type 56 carbine, all captured after the battle with two North Vietnamese battalions at Fire Support Base (FSB) Balmoral, about twenty five miles north of Saigon. Forty eight enemy soldiers were killed in the fighting.

 

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28 May 1968. Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), soldiers inspecting enemy weapons captured during heavy fighting against two North Vietnamese battalions at Fire Support Base (FSB) Balmoral, about twenty five miles north of Saigon. Left to right: Private Vaughan Wareham of Meenian, Vic, Private Peter Guider of Seven Hills, NSW, Private Ross Jeffrey of Launceston, Tas, and Private Len Cargeeg of Bencubbin, WA.

 

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28 May 1968. Captured weapons at FSPB Balmoral. Supply by Tom Spring

 

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28 May 1968. Captured weapons at FSPB Balmoral. Supply by Tom Spring.

 

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28 May 1968. 379212 Private (Pte) John Edwin Bryant, all of 11 Platoon, 4 Section, D Coy, members of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) with one of the two North Vietnamese Army (NVA) courier bikes found on patrol during a sweep of the surrounding area at Fire Support Base Balmoral.

 

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28 May 1968. Three soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), treat a captured North Vietnamese soldier's leg wounds after a fierce battle at Fire Support Base (FSB) Balmoral in Bien Hoa Province. Identified on the left is 54768 Corporal David Francis Butler; second from left is 4718810 Private Enrico Lepore. The unidentified soldier at right is holding a shell dressing.

 

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28 May 1968. Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. Major Geoff F. Cohen and Corporal D. F. Butler, both members of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), dress the wounds of a North Vietnamese soldier captured after the battle at Fire Support Base (FSB) Balmoral, twenty five miles north of Saigon. It was the second attack on the base since it was established. Forty eight enemy soldiers were killed in the fighting.

 

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28 May 1968. Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. The Regimental Sergeant Major of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Warrant Officer Vince Murdoch of Woodside, SA, treats a wounded and blindfolded North Vietnamese soldier captured after the fierce attack on the Australian Fire Support Base (FSB) Balmoral, about twenth five miles north of Saigon. About forty eight enemy bodies were found after the battle.

 

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28 May 1968. Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), treating wounded, bound and blindfolded North Vietnamese soldiers who were captured after the battle at Fire Support Base (FSB) Balmoral, twenty five miles north of Saigon. It was the second attack on the base since it was established. Forty eight enemy soldiers were killed in the fighting.