PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, 1967-02. CAPTURED VIET CONG JUST A FEW MILES EAST OF THE 1ST ... | Australian War Memorial (awm.gov.au)

                                         Vo Xu, Vietnam. 1965. Lieutenant Colonel I. R. W. Brumfield, Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion, ... | Australian War Memorial (awm.gov.au)           

VO XU, BINH TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1965-11-24. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER OF 1ST BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (1RAR), COVERING VIETNAMESE WOMEN AND CHILDREN DURING THE CORDON AND SEARCH OF THE VILLAGE OF VO XU. THIS SEARCH WAS PART OF THE MUCH LARGER `OPERATION RICE BOWL' CONDUCTED BY ALLIED TROOPS IN BINH TUY PROVINCE JUST BEFORE THE RICE HARVEST IN AN ATTEMPT TO DENY THE VIET CONG ACCESS TO RICE AND SUPPORT FROM THE LOCAL VILLAGERS. THE VIETNAMESE WOMAN ON THE RIGHT IS PROBABLY TRYING TO DISTRACT THE SOLDIER. (FRAME ENLARGEMENT FROM AWM FILM NO. 10091) (CAMERAMAN SERGEANT M. SHANNON)

        

Vo Xu. Members of an Anti-Tank Platoon, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), Corporal Ken W. Forden (second left) of Perth, WA, looks on while Private James Jarrett of Revesby, NSW, searches the clothing of one of a number of captured Viet Cong. The Viet Cong prisoner, his arms tied behind his back, was captured during a search and destroy operation in the village. In the centre (partly obscured) is an interpreter who is a member of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).

      

                      

                                Vo Xu, Vietnam. 1965. Lieutenant Colonel I. R. W. Brumfield, Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), says goodbye to bare-chested Lieutenant Lunny, a member of the battalion, prior to the Colonel's return to Australia.