Private Knapp D Company 5RAR 'saddling up'
for
the move to Binh Ba
|
Centurion tanks from 1st Armoured Regiment
heading
for the Village of Binh Ba
|
Tanks and soldiers of 10 Platoon D Company
awaiting orders to assault the NVA within
the village of Binh Ba
|
Villagers using the APCs as a screen as they
are escorted out of the village
|
More villagers being escorted away prior to
the assault on the entrenched NVA within the
village |
Village centre taking ground-fire
as an RAAF 'Bushranger'
gunship flies over |
RAAF 'Bushranger' gunships in support of
5RAR on the ground
|
Looking over the top hatch of an
APC just prior to 12 Platoon's
assault into this sector of the village
|
House taking ground-fire
|
Doors on the huts were blasted open by M79
Rounds. A empty tank casing lays on the
ground at right |
Village houses after being cleared
of the NVA by D Company 5RAR
|
School house in the village used by the NVA
as their headquarters
|
Pte. A. Tuckfield outside the Roman Catholic
Church after the battle |
Cpl John Kennedy pictured
outside the school house after
the battle. John was killed in action 15
days later as a result of mines
in the village of Dat Do |
Arnold Lockrey (Van Hulst)
contributor of the above
photographs after the battle |
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