Two of 161 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight’s Sioux pilots who gave outstanding service to 5 RAR throughout 1966–67 (see Chapters 7 and 14).ģ0. Second Lieutenant Bob Askew and Captain Jim Campbell DFC. November 1966: Captain Ron Boxall, in command of D Company during Operation Hayman.Ģ9. The picture shows (left to right) the pilot Second Lieutenant Bob Askew, Captain Bob Supple and Captain Brian Le Dan holding a fresh wound dressing to his chest.Ģ8. The aircraft later returned to the same difficult landing site to recover the body of Corporal Norm Womal. October 1966: Preparing for the evacuation by Sioux helicopter of Captain Brian Le Dan who was wounded during Operation Queanbeyan (see Chapter 7). The hills in the distance are the rocky, jungle-clad Nui Thi Vai and Nui Dinh complexes.Ģ7. The battlefield was not all dark, dank and wet. Lance Corporal Gordon Meredith leading 9 Platoon in the shake-out after dismounting from Armoured Personnel Carriers into open terrain during the dry season. The altitude of the aircraft indicates that these aircraft were transiting above the range of effective small arms ground fire.Ģ6. The rearmost passenger (facing outwards) is one of the aircraft’s two door gunners. This was to effect quick emplaning, maximum passenger loading, and quick exiting at destinations. A US Army UH Iroquois helicopter is carrying 5 RAR soldiers who are not strapped in, some sitting on the floor.

November 1966: Helicopter insertion into Long Son Island on Operation Hayman.

Each platoon would take it in turns to resupply with water while protected by the others.Ģ5. A platoon of C Company filling water bottles from a jungle stream while the surrounding area is secured by the rest of the company. 5 RAR soldiers patrolling through the secondary growth of an unworked rubber plantation.Ģ4. The Enemy: Uncontested Tenancy Prior to the Arrival of 1 ATFĢ3. 5th Battalion Decorations and Awards: Vietnam 1966–67 Conclusion: The Development of a 5 RAR Approach John Warr as Commanding Officer: His Approach to the War The Development of the Reconnaissance Platoon The Medical Problems of Operations in the Hills Fire Support: 103 Field Battery Royal Australian Artillery in Action Advisers? Activities Beyond the Battalion Contact with the Enemy – Through Soldiers’ Eyes Operation Queanbeyan – October 1966: Unfinished Business from Operation Canberra Into the Hills: Operations Canberra and Robin – October 1966 Intelligence Work in Phuoc Tuy after Long Tan Facing New Realities: From Holsworthy to Nui Dat

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