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On operations Video

  • Man in green uniform crouching down next to green coloured truck 161 Battery convoy – Film
  • Four shirtless men in green military trousers grouped around a artillery gun 161 Battery firing howitzer gun at Nui Dat – Film
  • Shirtless man standing next to artillery gun 161 Battery gun crew at Nui Dat – Film
  • Soldiers on APC vehicles in the jungle Operation Townsville - Chris Stock W3
  • Helicopter landing at military base in jungle FSB Le Loi – Chris Stock W3
  • Gravestone of fallen Vietnam soldier Vietnam War graves - Film
  • Poppy and fern next to title, Home Fires Burning New Zealand's Vietnam War Home Fires Burning - Film
  • Soldier with gun looking at paper held by elderly Vietnamese man Puff the Magic Dragon - Brian Wilson
  • Helicopter pilot smiling Hot extraction - Brian Senn
  • Close-up of solider sitting down Condensed milk - Rodney Simpson
  • Uniformed soldier standing in front of bank Tracking VC - Frank Wydur
  • Shirtless soldier sitting in tent with gun on his lap Contacts - Bruce Goodall
  • Sign on white sheet saying, 'Welcome to your new holiday camp' next to a peace sign Nui Dat - Film
  • Hangi at Nui Dat, circa 1970-71 Hangi at Nui Dat - Film
  • Soldier being shown how to use a machine gun Weapons training in Vietnam - Film
  • Scene from a rugby match played between 161 Battery RNZA (maroon jerseys) and 6RAR (black jerseys) at Ba Ria, South Vietnam in 1966 Rugby match at Ba Ria - Film
  • Flag of 161 Field Battery Royal New Zealand Artillery featuring a stylised cannon under a crown 161 Battery at Nui Dat - Film
  • Battery soldiers on patrol New Zealand gunners on patrol - Film

Related Media

  • Taking a break from the APC
  • Larry Southern, V3 washing in the field, circa 1969
  • V4 Company Headquarters/Support Platoon, 1969
  • Crewman scanning for enemy through 'spotter' hole - 1RNZIR Band Tour, 1969
  • Gunner J.B.T. Kerehona takes a breather in the heat of the day
  • RAAF Caribou at Vung Tau - 1RNZIR Band Tour, 1969
  • Joseph Radford's grave, 2009
  • Barry Pont in Vietnam, 1971
  • Brent Buchan and daughter, circa 2010
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