Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Vietnam deployments 1965–1972

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with RPG, small arms, and machine gun fire resulting in three New Zealanders wounded. The enemy withdrew after artillery fire was called in. On 30 January, V3 Company was relieved by C Company at The Horseshoe and joined the operation. On the same day all four rifle companies made contacts with small groups of VC all within only a few hours of each other. Three members of V3 Company were wounded in their contact. A VC camp was discovered and quantities of ammunition, medical supplies and rice were captured. By 7 February an FSB was established near the village of Phuoc Long, further north and west of Route 15. V3 Company deployed to the south of the village, with B Company to the north and W2 Company to the east. Ambushes and patrols by all three companies continued to make contacts with the enemy, with the New Zealand companies alone claiming a dozen enemy killed and wounded over the three-day period of 8–10 February. On the night of 15 February D Company ambushed 15 VC in six sampans travelling along the Suoi Cau river. Two sampans were sunk and six VC killed before the survivors made it to the river bank to engage the Australians with small arms and RPGs. On 16 February B Company was attacked by VC in a bunker system resulting in two Australians killed and three wounded. Five tank crew were also wounded when their tank was hit multiple times by RPGs. Later intelligence suggested that the position had been occupied by the headquarters of the 274th Regiment and one of its battalions.

1966:, with 3 RAR this time in the static role and 4 RAR/NZ tasked with locating and destroying elements of VC 274th Regiment and C41 Châu Đức Company. This operation would be a significant engagement for Victor 6 Company. B and C Company 4 RAR were deployed to the south west of the province to search for C41 Company while V6 Company was deployed to the north west border where the 274th Regiment was thought to be reestablishing itself. On 24 June 1971, while approaching the outskirts of a bunker one member of V6 Company was shot by a sentry, dying of wounds later that night after medevac efforts were hampered. The following day V6 Company joined with the tanks of C Squadron to assault the bunker position. The first assault was met with heavy resistance from RPGs, heavy machine gun fire and grenades with one of the tanks destroyed and two Australian tank crew and two New Zealanders wounded. The wounded were airlifted while taking fire. After withdrawing to safety V6 company was briefed for a new assault and in the afternoon five Australian tanks lead the assault on the bunker with V6 Company following behind. Braving heavy fire the combined firepower of the tanks and V6 Company forced the enemy to withdraw by the evening with a total of four members of V6 Company wounded and five enemy dead. The position was discovered to have been held by 1st Battalion, VC 274th Regiment, an estimated 40-60 men. 1259:. This operation involved the establishment of a number of fire support bases to the north of the 1 ATF base, from where company-sized patrols were deployed to specific areas to conduct ambushes and searches. The purpose was to establish enemy movement patterns, particularly those by supply groups, such as the 84 Rear Services Group, which could lead to the location of the main force units. All five rifle companies were deployed, with A Company in the south, B Company in the west, V4 Company in the northwest, D Company in the northeast, and W2 Company in the centre north of a Fire support base. Contacts were made by all companies on the first few days leading to the discovery that the PAVN 33rd Regiment had moved into the area, a fact unknown to 1 ATF Intelligence. On 5 June, one member of W2 Company was killed on approach to an enemy bunker thought to have been destroyed in an immediately prior attack. Despite supporting mortar and artillery fire, the New Zealanders were trapped for four hours and could not be rescued by APC due to difficult terrain. With the additional assistance of attack helicopters the enemy withdrew and W2 Company moved in to clear the bunker system the following morning. The enemy were revealed to be the VC 1279:(MACV) Intelligence discovered that the commanding officer of that same group that V4 Company spotted had been "severely disciplined" for what had happened. On 17 June, V4 Company located a large enemy camp with bunkers and caches and was fired on by heavy small arms and RPGs resulting in one New Zealander being killed. All companies continued to make contacts and on 20 June, after three days laying in wait in an ambush position, D Company sighted a group of 60 PAVN retreating with wounded. The ambush was sprung and a third of the group was killed. The group was later identified as 1st Battalion, 274th VC Regiment whom were on their way to a hospital facility in the Mây Tào Mountains. On 22 June, 6 RAR's Anti-tank platoon, which had been operating as a Tracker team and as a fourth rifle company under D Company, joined up with V4 Company north of the village of Xa Binh Gia. On the same day one section of W2 Company encountered enemy bunkers and were fired upon by small arms and RPGs by an estimated company-strength force. With artillery support called in the New Zealanders withdrew with three wounded in the engagement. 2057:

Regiment’s headquarters, the same enemy forces that had attacked the RF base on the 19th and had laid the trap for the ready reaction force on the 20th. D Company were caught by surprise and engaged in fierce fighting against 600 PAVN, without tanks and limited artillery support. The bunker system turned out to be the location of both the 33rd Regiment headquarters and its 2nd Battalion. Only three kilometers south west of D Company, B Company was ordered to assist but encountered significant numbers of enemy and endured savage mortar fire wounding 15 Australians before the enemy withdrew. B Company's priority became evacuating the wounded. From their location, V6 Company also encountered enemy action resulting in one member wounded from shrapnel in a contact. As the day turned to night fighting continued with 3rd Battalion, 33 Regiment also involved. D Company was pinned down by an extremely well-organized and trained enemy. American airstrikes and Australian artillery bought them some time, but what finally saved D Company was a last-ditch attempt by the Artillery Forward Observer to order

1487: 1385: 1837:'s Vietnamization program (to hand over control to the South Vietnamese government and local military forces), during 1970 the United States had been steadily reducing its forces in South Vietnam including those that operated in the Phuoc Tuy-Long Khanh regions. Consequently, the U.S artillery units that supported 1 ATF were withdrawn from South Vietnam in November. The Australian and New Zealand governments also took measures to reduce troop strength. After three tours Whisky 3 Company was withdrawn in November and was not replaced. By the end of their tour Whisky 3 suffered three killed and 13 wounded. Thereafter, Victor 5 was the only RNZIR infantry company in theatre for the remainder of 2 RAR/NZ's tour. Also in November, 8 RAR returned to Australia and was not replaced, reducing 1 ATF to only two battalions: 2 RAR/NZ and 7 RAR. Further U.S reductions saw the 1275:

engaged to be PAVN 74th Artillery (Rocket) Regiment, who were responsible for the rocket attacks on Nui Dat and the FSB. On 12 June, a sentry from V4 Company observed 200 PAVN soldiers carrying approximately 50 wounded on litters emerge from the bush into an open area. This was reported to Battalion headquarters. It was thought these were the same forces that A and B Companies had had multiple contacts with earlier in the week. V4 Company was ordered to observe while gunships were called in. However, the element of surprise was lost when the Battalion's support helicopter arrived first, alerting the enemy and causing them to scatter. V4 Company opened up on the group with all weapons brought to bear but were too far to cause any effect. Subsequent helicopter gunships and artillery fire caught some of the fleeing troops but most managed to escape. Some weeks later

1029: 1526: 1062: 889: 769: 1425: 1168:. The enemy were expected to attack from the east. V3 Company was furthest north with B Company to the south and W2 Company alongside the river. On 23 February W2 Company had three small contacts with enemy groups up to six strong. That same night the company position and a ten-man standing patrol both came under attack by an estimated company-strength force with the resultant firefight lasting almost two hours. Four members of the patrol were wounded. During the fight, one enemy soldier accidentally mistook the New Zealand patrol for his own men and in turn was shot dead. He was later identified as the Commanding Officer of the PAVN D525 Engineer Reconnaissance Battalion whose task it had been to breach the defenses of Long Binh. With 617:

similar strength and held it for 19 hours after repeated attacks from a VC force estimated to be of company strength. On 28 January, whilst providing flank security, V2 Company engaged in a series of skirmishes which resulted in 12 VC dead and many weapons captured with two New Zealanders wounded. On 1 February V2 Company suffered their first killed in action in a contact with the enemy. On the morning of 7 February, V2 Company was attacked by elements of three companies from VC 274th Regiment. Fighting was the fiercest that New Zealand troops had faced up to this time, and over the course of an hour the attack was successfully repelled with the assistance of artillery support from the Australian 108th Battery as well as from

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with trenches. Due to the size of the camp, V3 Company and the engineers took two days to demolish it. The battalion flew back to Nui Dat on 30 October with the intent of luring the VC out to where they had been and then having the battalion redeploy to the area to catch them by surprise as the second phase of the operation. 4 RAR/NZ, less W Company which remained at the base in preparation for their departure from Vietnam, redeployed three days later to this end. The second Whisky Company arrived in theatre on 8 November 1968 and began training at The Horseshoe. By the end of their tour Whisky 1 had suffered three killed and 17 wounded. The new Whisky Company also brought an Assault pioneer team.

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sweeping actions to push the enemy into 2 RAR/NZ's positions. B and C Companies were moved to the area of the Blackstone Trail to carry out a Reconnaissance-in-force. V3 Company and W Company were both deployed north to the area of the Courtenay rubber plantation to intercept a consignment of rockets believed to be moving from east to west. V3 Company took up blocking positions on the western edge of the plantation while W Company swept westward. On 14 September one member from W Company was killed by a sniper during a patrol. A further search of the area led W Company to discover a system of tunnels with caches of equipment, food, and medical supplies.

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series of bunker systems and supply caches yielding key documents revealing details of the VC supply group supporting the forces in the Hat Dich secret zone. On the same day V3 Company found large quantities of ammunition, explosives and workshop tools and materials. W2 Company provided security for the fire support base established for the operation. On 15 April W2 Company encountered strong resistance from a VC camp with superior numbers, resulting in seven VC killed with five New Zealanders wounded. With 14 VC killed and six wounded in the operation, the battalion again returned to Nui Dat on 17 April.

1873: 1759:. W3 company went north to the fire base established alongside Route 2 (FSB "Le Loi") in which 8 RAR and 161 Bty RNZA were operating. W3 Company commenced search and destroy operations in the Binh Ba rubber plantation. On 21 July while approaching a VC camp, W3 Company was fired on by an RPG, wounding three men. On 26 July, V5 Company, who were operating in the Nui Toc Tien mountains, were pursuing a retreating enemy into caves in the mountains. The VC had mined the area around the caves, several of which were set off, wounding nine members of V5 Company and one member of the 64: 2100:(6–16 October 1971). As the only Australian battalion left, 4 RAR/NZ was reinforced by some U.S. elements including artillery while they moved the South Vietnamese forces fully into the Nui Dat base. The majority of 4 RAR/NZ withdrew from Nui Dat to Vũng Tàu on 7 November 1971. The Australians departed on 8 December and the New Zealanders departed on 9 December. D Company, 4 RAR, remained behind until 12 March 1972 in order to provide security to rear details. The last Victor Company would suffer a total of 1 killed and 5 wounded during its tour in South Vietnam. 1499:, located a large enemy camp with 25-28 VC and at first light the following day attacked the group with one VC killed while the remainder escaped. The group was identified as belonging to Ba Long Rear Services Group and the Ba Long Procurement Section. A Company successfully scaled the western side of the mountain and were able to establish a fire support base on the summit. On 14 December 4/52 ARVN left the operation. On 16 and 17 December D Company located the K76A pharmacy, dental post, and orderly room. There they recovered a huge supply of medical drugs. 1003:

two days. C Platoon found an enemy camp of 150 bunkers, killing two VC and capturing a large amount of equipment and detailed enemy maps. Documents indicated the area was the headquarters of VC 84 Rear Service Group. Unfortunately the following day, while C Company were still in the bunkers, American fighter planes accidentally strafed the position injuring 14 Australians. W Company discovered a number of fortified positions which had been hastily vacated and confirmed two VC killed. The battalion returned to Nui Dat on 24 September.

1732: 314:.) The province's roads were dangerous, subject to ambush and passable only with heavy escort. Military estimates placed the number of communist troops in the province at about 5,000. These troops relied on the support of many of Phước Tuy's villages, each of which had its own VC guerrilla squad. Not many villagers were supporters of the South Vietnamese government which they saw as too remote, often corrupt, and not concerned with the concerns of every peasant farmer, such as the reform of land ownership laws. The village of 1548:, from 23 January the Assault pioneer platoons from 6 RAR were put under the command of W3 Company and added to their patrols. From 24 January W3 Company was making daily contacts with the VC. The company's success was marred when on 30 January two members of the company were wounded in an ambush with one New Zealander dying of wounds six weeks later. W3 Company returned to Nui Dat on 12 February having killed 17 VC with many more wounded and as many captured. V4 Company returned to Nui Dat a week later, on 20 February. 480:(25 July - 1 August 1967.) This was a Search-and-destroy operation south east of Dat Do and east of the freshly completed barrier minefield. It was known that the VC used the wooded areas east of Dat Do as a base and obtained supplies from nearby villages. Although newly laid, the VC were already uplifting the mines from the minefield and re-laying them or booby trapping them elsewhere. 2 RAR's casualties in this operation were all from mine detonations, none from gunfire. There were no New Zealand casualties. 738:. On 7 March, one member of W Company was wounded by a mine detonation during the search of a house. On 8 March 3 RAR joined the operation, operating from a fire support base 7 km south of the Horseshoe. On 9 March, W Company ambushed five VC from the Long Điền Guerilla Unit, killing three and capturing two. A patrol on 18 March resulted in another of W Company wounded by a mine. V2 Company did not experience any further casualties of their own during the remainder of the operation. 2 RAR/NZ left 515:. An additional phase was added to the operation as a result of intelligence gained and V Company and 7 RAR were deployed in blocking positions in anticipation of elements from VC 274th Regiment to cross Route 2. Several contacts were made with 18 VC killed with one Australian casualty and one wounded. There were no New Zealand casualties. By 21 September the village had been built and the villagers moved in. A total of 1,132 persons, comprising 246 families, were resettled. 7795: 7622: 4947: 4737: 1267:

5 RAR, 1 Troop B Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment and 3 Troop B Squadron 3 Cavalry Regiment under operational control of 6 RAR/NZ. South Vietnamese Regional Forces were deployed in blocking positions. Intense door-to-door fighting took place in order to clear the village and it became apparent that additional PAVN forces were in the area. B Company 5 RAR and additional APCs and tanks were sent as reinforcements and the clearing of the village was passed to 5 RAR as

1694:. The company established a small fire base and began reconnaissance and ambush operations. Support was also provided from the mortar team at the fire base on Long Son Island. The company made a number of contacts and on 22 May one member of W3 Company was wounded in an attack from a bunker system containing 15–20 VC. One VC was killed and a number of weapons, equipment and documents were recovered, identifying the members as being from C21 Chau Duc Company. 431: 1397:

in front of the American engineers while A and D Companies provided security to the south and west. During patrolling on 15 September V4 Company discovered an enemy defensive position consisting of 67 bunkers, 130 fighting trenches, 27 trenched shelters, 12 kitchens, and a lecture area. Cooking equipment and ammunition were recovered and the position was destroyed. W2 Company had a close call on the evening of 17 September when nearby

1018:. This was a one-day operation carried out to the east of Route 15, near Thai Thien, as part of a "rice-denial" programme. On 3 October the company deployed to the area by APC, discovering rice and other food supplies defended by a caretaker group of VC. The company recovered and destroyed 56,200 lb (23 tonnes) of rice, 1,000 lb (407.5 kilograms) of salt and other food and materials. One VC was killed during the contact. 7787: 7614: 4939: 4729: 469:. 1 ATF also provided security for engineer land clearing operations over 136 square kilometers adjacent to and north east of Xuyên Mộc. This operation proved very successful with 171 bunkers, 200 meters of trench, three fighting positions, 32 tunnels and 34 other military structures destroyed. A further 138 bunkers, 14 tunnel entrances, 180 meters of trench and 34 other military structures were damaged and later destroyed by 670:. 22 Australians and three Americans were wounded. This was the first time 1 ATF had experienced a fire support base being subjected to a ground assault. The base was immediately reinforced by C Company, 3 RAR just in time for a second assault on 19 February, this time with no losses. On 24 February W Company was diverted from relieving 3 RAR at the FSB to report back to Nui Dat in preparation for a new operation with 2 RAR. 1469:

control of the VC 274th and 275th Regiments as well as the local VC guerilla forces in Ba Long, Xuan Loc, Dinh Quan, Xuyen Moc, Dat Do and Chau Duc. The area was also the location of the K76A Hospital which Intelligence had learned was the principal provider of medical services for the regional PAVN/VC forces. The Mây Tào mountains had never before been successfully penetrated by allied forces.

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RAR was positioned along Route 2, and 7 RAR held positions along Routes 23 and 44. All companies conducted ambushing, security operations around the villages and reconnaissance actions in search of enemy camps. W3 Company remained at Nui Dat providing base security. During a reconnaissance of an enemy camp on 18 June, one member of V5 Company was killed from a command detonated 155mm

1896:. After 3 RAR was involved in heavy fighting on 31 March V5 Company relieved C Company, 3 RAR. The operations by 2 RAR/NZ and 3 RAR to track down D445 VC Battalion continued throughout April but the VC managed to escape and withdraw into Long Khanh Province. Victor 5 Company returned to Nui Dat at the end of April to make preparations to leave South Vietnam and return to Singapore. 1671:. With 6 RAR making preparations to leave, W3 Company was put directly under the command of HQ 1 ATF. Patrols escorted the engineers to and from the village each morning and when they finished their work in the evening. On 10 May one of the W3 mortar crew was wounded when the Fire support base was fired on. The W3 mortar section remained at the fire base until the end of May. 972:. V3 Company provided security defence for 161 Field Battery RNZA and B Battery, 2/35th US Artillery. The company patrolled in the vicinity of the fire support base without contact, returning to Nui Dat when the operation ended on 13 August and then redeploying two days later to Ap Sui Nghe to patrol and establish observation posts. V3 Company was relieved on 26 August. 991:

For the second stage the operation became a battalion Reconnaissance-in-force further west. V3 Company flew to the western edge of the area of operation and B Company moved south, while C and W companies commenced sweeping south-west. W Company made minor contact, but the other companies saw and heard nothing of significance. The operation finished on 12 September.

1541:. With 1st Armoured Regiment and 3rd Cavalry, B company and the New Zealand mortar section conducted a sweeping action from the coast to the mountains and then across to Nui Dat in an effort to drive the enemy into 5 RAR who were sweeping from north-east. The operation resulted in a number of contacts for 5 RAR. The W3 mortar team returned to Nui Dat 26 January. 373:. The company was named "V" for "Vietnam", with the phonetic "Victor." For the first two weeks, Victor Company (V Coy) served with the outgoing 6 RAR. The New Zealanders adopted the Australian Rifle company formation, consisting of a Headquarters (commanded by a Major) and three platoons, each with three sections (squads.) Each squad was made up of a 944:. Since commencing the operation 10 days earlier, 1 RAR had seen no signs of the enemy and had made no contacts. 4 RAR/NZ patrolled west of 1 RAR's position. During patrolling, W company had one contact with the enemy. On 3 July 1 RAR was relieved by 3 RAR. W Company then provided security for the operation's fire support base until 18 July. 1156:

contacts. Nearly 2,000 bunkers were uncovered and many destroyed, while more than 280 RPGs, 70 anti-personnel mines, 490 grenades and 450 pounds of explosives were captured overall. Although there were few major actions, the operation was considered a success by 1 ATF Command and the PAVN/VC in the Hat Dich area were significantly weakened.

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Binh Ba and Duc Thanh Guerrilla units. An FSB was hastily established and W2 Company was positioned as base defence while V3 Company and C and D Companies patrolled. V3 Company was particularly successful, managing to capture a high-value VC operations officer from 274th Regiment on 28 April, ending their tour on a high.

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resulted in five New Zealanders wounded. On 3 May W Company discovered a large battalion-sized VC camp with 250 bunkers which had been abandoned. 3 RAR was relieved by 1 RAR (which had relieved 7 RAR in April) on 5 May and 1 RAR and 2 RAR/NZ were redeployed further north into Bien Hoa Province. The PAVN/VC

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which together with B Company 4 RAR, involved a sweeping action each side of Route 2 during the move back to Nui Dat from Courtenay Hill. D Company was already back at Nui Dat as the ready reaction force and C Company was airlifted back on 4 October. The move took from 3–6 October and resulted in one

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On 20 September the 33rd Regiment launched a rocket attack on an Australian APC column travelling on its way back to Nui Dat from Courteney Hill along Route 2. Colonel Thuong had laid a massive ambush for the responders. B Company 4 RAR/NZ who were the ready reaction force at Nui Dat travelled out by

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The commander of the PAVN 33rd Regiment, Colonel Nguyen Van Thuong, had received reports from VC spies that most of the Australian artillery was being packed up for shipping back to Australia. The Australian tanks had already left, therefore it was expected that any fight between PAVN and Australian

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By 1971 Phước Tuy had been largely cleared of local VC forces, who were now increasingly reliant on reinforcements from North Vietnam. As a measure of some success, Route 15 was opened to unescorted traffic. However, the reduction of American and Australian forces did not go unnoticed by the PAVN/VC.

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On 6 May 1971 Victor 5 was replaced by Victor 6. Victor 6 was highly trained and experienced with all NCOs and some privates having served in Borneo or Malaya, or with earlier Whisky or Victor Companies in Vietnam. After completing familiarization training with 3rd Cavalry, V6 Company commenced their

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and from 31 August provided security for Australian land clearing teams. A number of contacts resulted in important information about the VC units operating in the area and in particular a contact by W3 Company on 20 September resulted in important documents being captured revealing the effectiveness

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to search for the C41 Chau Duc Company. On the second day of the operation two members of 2 Platoon were injured in a command detonated mine and evacuated by helicopter. Shortly thereafter 3 Platoon was ambushed by a well-concealed and strongly defended VC camp, later discovered to have been the size

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On 18 July, 6 Platoon from B Company discovered an occupied camp. In the early morning B Company attacked the camp, killing four VC and recovering documents, with five Australians wounded. The enemy were discovered to be C3 Company of D445 Battalion. In the first five days the Battalion made numerous

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in the Long Hai Hills on 15 July 1969. This operation would prove to be the single most deadly operation for 6 RAR/NZ. The operation had three objectives: disrupt enemy infiltration into the villages, maintain regular checkpoints on the main access routes between the villages, visit local hamlets and

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On 6 June three companies from 1/33rd VC Regiment with elements from VC D440 Battalion, the Binh Ba Guerilla Squad, the Ngãi Giao Guerrilla Squad and the Chau Duc District Company attacked the village of Binh Ba. 1 ATF Command deployed the Task Force Ready Reaction Force, which consisted of D Company

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was a two-phase operation conducted again in the area of Thua Tich where the VC 84 Rear Services Group supplied the local VC forces and grew crops and stored large caches of supplies and equipment. 3 RAR was deployed to the area on 12 October and 4 RAR/NZ was deployed on 13 October. W Company and 104

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forces was launched in anticipation of a VC offensive against Saigon and the military installations of Long Binh and Bien Hoa. Subsequent clearing operations undertaken by W Company were without incident. A mishap on 27 April whereby Australian mortars accidentally shelled V2 Company's night position

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and the Australian Combat engineers to clear mines from the barrier minefield with the tanks towing heavy platforms. On that night three members of W Company were wounded by a booby trap. The mine-clearing operation began on 11 April but then terminated in the same day due to damage to the tanks. The

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artillery rounds on their position. As the artillery rounds rained down, Colonel Thuong seeing this was forced to reconsider his position. Realising their intel was faulty and rather than risk the lives of his men, Thuong decided to pull out. After 14 hours of intense fighting the enemy disengaged.

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3 RAR's training was cut short when 1 ATF Intelligence confirmed that VC D445 Battalion was moving in to disrupt the handover actions being done by the task force as part of the overarching Vietnamization program. 3 RAR was deployed to intercept D445 Battalion. Several contacts occurred and a bunker

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marked a concentrated return of 1 ATF forces to the Hat Dich area beginning on 12 June. This operation was a Task Force reconnaissance-in-force involving all battalions with the purpose of denying the PAVN/VC access to villages and to use their supply routes. 2RAR/NZ was positioned along Route 15, 8

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resulted in a huge coup for the ANZAC forces when on 8 April V4 Company encountered an enemy camp which after a short firefight and the enemy fleeing, turned out to be the headquarters of the Ba Long Province Unit. B Company was sent to chase them and made contact resulting in three VC dead, and two

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began to move the ARVN troops back to their home base in Xuan Loc. While the rest of W3 Company escorted the ARVN troops home, W3 Company's mortar section was deployed on operations with 3rd Cavalry Regiment in and around the Courtenay rubber plantation and remained with them until the end of April.

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in which 8 RAR had discovered the headquarters of D445 VC Battalion in the Minh Dam Secret Zone while providing security for a land clearing operation in the Long Hai Hills. 8 RAR had suffered heavy casualties in the operation and were unable to pursue the retreating D445 Battalion which were forced

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On 11 December V4 Company, operating in the south-east, located 17 large bunkers large enough to take up to 100 patients and identified it as also part of K76A. By this time all companies were discovering enemy signs and having contacts. On the same day W3 Company, which was patrolling north-east of

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On 8 December, D Company located the first major stores dump in a cave at the south of the mountains. It contained approximately 2,500 anti-personnel grenades, 22 anti-tank mines, 22 boxes of anti-watercraft mines and a large quantity of weapons, equipment and explosives. On the same day, B Company,

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which was a land clearing operation with the "Jungle Eaters" of the U.S. 60th Land Clearing Company beginning on 29 August. The operation started with V4 Company establishing and operating out of a fire support base and providing security for the U.S bulldozers. W2 Company was tasked to clear ground

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On 23 July, while V4 Company was in the process of clearing the Dinh Co Monastery for use by the locals, a mine discovered by the engineers was detonated killing two Australian sappers and wounding one other. A few hours later one member of W2 Company was killed with five others wounded, two of whom

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A Company deployed by helicopter to the east of Route 44 in an area colloquially known as "The Light Green" (for the colour of the vegetation.) B Company deployed by APC east of Xuyen Moc. V4 Company deployed to the area of the Dinh Co Monastery, west of Route 44. D company deployed east of the Long

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On 15 May, W2 Company and 3 Platoon from V4 Company were deployed to Dat Do to help 9 RAR reestablish control of the area. The remainder of V4 Company stayed at Nui Dat base conducting local patrols while 4 RAR prepared to return to Australia. 9 RAR and W2 Company cordoned off the village trapping a

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commenced in Biên Hòa Province on 8 April 1969 with C, D, V3, and W2 Companies sent in to search for VC forces that had been earlier pushed south by 5 RAR. On the following day three members of V3 Company were wounded from a grenade blast in a contact with a VC party. On 13 April, V3 Company found a

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5 RAR relieved 9 RAR on 10 March, having arrived in February and concluding their first battalion operation in the northern and eastern parts of the Nui Dinh Hills. With a total of 26 enemy killed, 12 wounded and four captured, 4 RAR/NZ was relieved by 5 RAR on 24 March after 33 days in the area. W2

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amounted to 21 killed and 91 wounded. ARVN and RF casualties amounted to 31 killed and 81 wounded. New Zealand casualties were 1 killed and 6 wounded. The Americans suffered 7 wounded. PAVN/VC losses amounted to at least 245 killed, 39 possibly killed, 45 wounded and 17 captured, during 274 separate

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Acting on new intelligence, 1 ATF Command redeployed 2 RAR/NZ and 1 RAR north into the Hat Dich area on 15 September. On 16 September, V3 and W companies joined C and B companies at the "Blackstone Trail." All companies made contacts with the enemy. V3 Company ambushed and killed 10 VC over the next

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V2 Company was deployed in the area of Hoa Long, south of Nui Dat. The company was to establish a platoon ambush on the western approaches to Hoa Long to prevent the movement of VC supply parties. On the night of 5 April a ten-man enemy patrol was caught in a V2 Company ambush with six killed and no

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operations around expected enemy exfiltration routes east of Biên Hòa. On 12 February W Company was relieved at The Horseshoe and joined 3 RAR in reconnaissance operations. 161 Field Battery, RNZA arrived at the FSB on 14 February, the same day as 2 RAR and V2 Company left the operation to return to

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from 1 Field Squadron were tasked with conducting land clearing actions. The operation was designed to clear the VC infiltration routes into the east, maintain pressure on the VC base area, and to secure the eastern flank of the task force base. During a patrol on 2 September 1967 an accidental mine

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V Company then spent the next ten days conducting ambushes and search and destroy patrols in the area of the Long Phuoc hills. The company returned to Nui Dat having discovered and destroyed five VC camps and captured quantities of weapons, with 10 VC dead and two wounded taken prisoner, with no New

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Even though 2 RAR/NZ was reduced to three rifle companies, full-scale operations nevertheless continued through March with the 2 RAR/NZ companies conducting ambushes and patrolling with the Australian APCs and tanks, from several fire support bases. The battalion made several contacts with elements

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began which was to begin handing over 7 RAR's area of operations to ARVN forces. 7 RAR's involvement ended 21 February in preparation for their return to Australia, with 2 RAR/NZ relieving 7 RAR. At the same time, the Australian and New Zealand SAS Platoons were withdrawn and on 25 February a new 3

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On 8 October W3 Company was replaced as the base security force by V5 Company and sent to assist C Company, 2 RAR who had found a large enemy camp and had come out of a firefight with casualties. On 10 October a friendly fire incident on a patrol resulted in four members of W3 Company being wounded

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was killed instantly in a command detonated claymore mine which initiated the ambush. 3 Platoon was immediately hit with RPGs and machine gun fire, wounding four of the five New Zealanders of the lead section. The two M60 machine gunners of the second section held the VC back but the New Zealanders

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on 13 October and V4 Company joined on the 15th to provide security for the fire support base established in "The Long Green." 6 RAR/NZ was tasked with harassing D445 Battalion and other VC elements in the area. After numerous contacts, and with one of V4 Company wounded in a contact on 19 October,

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from 17 April to 1 May conducted in and around the Binh Ba rubber plantation. The objective was to try and destroy the local C41 Company. Intelligence had also revealed that VC 274th Regiment may have moved into the area following recent task force operations. It was also hoped for to encounter the

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began with 4 RAR/NZ, less its New Zealand companies, deployed to the Hat Dich to replace 1 RAR which had returned to Nui Dat to make preparations for their return to Australia. W2 Company rejoined the battalion the following day. During the night of 29 January, W2 was attacked from three directions

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and the U.S 2/35th Field Artillery had arrived 28 January, with C Company, 3 RAR arriving as base defense the following day. 7 RAR was relieved by 3 RAR on 11 February and 7 RAR returned to Nui Dat to begin preparations for their return to Australia. A Company was left to defend the base, while the

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With W Company stationed at The Horseshoe, V2 Company joined 2 RAR for the operation. On 26 January B Company, 2 RAR fought a two-hour action against about 25 VC entrenched in a bunker system. On the same day 9 Platoon, C Company, 2 RAR also assaulted and occupied a camp initially believed to be of

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and Biên Hòa. 2 RAR and 7 RAR were deployed with 3 RAR remaining at Nui Dat to provide base defence. All three troops of engineers from 1 Field Squadron accompanied each of the battalions to provide mine clearing and additional patrols. A fire support base was established north-east of Biên Hòa and

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On 27 May V Company relieved A Company 6 RAR at "The Horseshoe". V Company came under direct command of 1 ATF headquarters, remaining at The Horseshoe until 3 July, and throughout this time effectively built the position from a rudimentary defended position to a fully dug-in and bunkered, fortified

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From the middle of July 1971, 4 RAR/NZ progressively occupied a large hill overlooking the Courtenay rubber plantation, nicknamed "Courtenay Hill" which was strategic also for the fact that it was located midway between the PAVN/VC bases in the Hat Dich and in the Mây Tào Mountains. Accompanying 4

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On 22 May 2 RAR was replaced by a new 4 RAR rotation. The final and sole New Zealand infantry company was integrated with B, C and D companies of 4 RAR to become 4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) for the second time, serving until the withdrawal of the Australian and New Zealand combat troops. As with the previous

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A patrol undertaken by V5 Company on 31 October (coincidentally occurring on the last day of active duty of Whisky 3's tour) resulted in one New Zealander killed and two others wounded. The report of this incident was revealed some 30 years later to have been a fabrication and in fact the incident

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ended on 14 August. 6 RAR/NZ's casualties were 11 killed (six New Zealanders and five Australians) and 54 wounded (10 New Zealanders and 44 Australians.) Enemy killed numbered 22 with four wounded and two captured. The incident with the Australians on 21 July would be the major inspiration for the

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car with two bullet holes in the back window and with the licence plate "NVA 601" near the Courtenay rubber plantation. Although they were told to get rid of it by headquarters, V3 Company brought the car back to Nui Dat by way of an Iroquois helicopter from 9 Squadron, RAAF. Members of V3 company

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was launched which was a cordon and sweep against a suspected enemy camp in Nui Nhan involving both RNZIR companies and B and C Companies from 4 RAR, with D Company remaining at The Horseshoe. There were two minor contacts during the initial sweep, with one VC killed and one wounded by V3 Company.

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While at The Horseshoe, a major contact occurred on 22 June when V3 Company tracked and killed three VC on a patrol. The company came upon an enemy camp with 70-80 VC. A ferocious firefight ensued with one New Zealander killed in one of the first volleys. The company was pinned down but managed to

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1 March 1968 saw the formation of the "ANZAC Battalion" which was a merger of A, B and C Companies of 2 RAR with V2 and W Companies of RNZIR and renamed 2 RAR/NZ (ANZAC). It was the first official integration of Australian and New Zealand forces into an infantry battalion under the same name since

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concluded 1 March 1968. New Zealand casualties were two killed and 15 wounded, including one killed and two wounded from 161 Battery. Australian casualties in the operation were 17 killed and 61 wounded. American casualties were one killed and six wounded. VC casualties were 145 confirmed killed,

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Unlike previous battalions whom conducted rotational duties as base defence or at The Horseshoe in addition to field operations, 4 RAR/NZ would spend the entirety of their tour on operations in the field with rotations at Nui Dat as the Task Force Ready Reaction Force and for rest and retraining.

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along the western border of Phuoc Tuy and Binh Tuy. It was known that this was the area that 84 Rear Services Group (who had relocated from the Mây Tào Mountains in 1969) were growing crops. One of the APCs struck a booby trapped mine injuring 12 Australians, eight of them D&E Platoon members

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illumination rounds. On 25 September, V4 Company engaged in a firefight with 12 PAVN, killing four, one of whom was identified as a senior officer of the PAVN 74th Artillery Regiment. During a patrol on 26 September, two members of W2 Company were wounded by enemy gunfire when they discovered and

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with W Company providing base security. V3 Company worked with C and D Companies of 4 RAR patrolling east. On 16 October, V3 located a large enemy camp complete with HQ command area, first aid post, printing equipment, kitchens, huts with bunkers underneath, female living quarters, and 19 bunkers

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routes to the Bien Hoa complex very few contacts were made and on 10 May 2 RAR/NZ returned to Nui Dat to prepare 2 RAR and Victor 2 Company for their departures from South Vietnam. From 20 to 23 May W Company joined C Company 2 RAR to protect a land clearing operation near Ap Soui Nghe as part of

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along the southern coast. With C Company at the Horseshoe and D Company providing security at Ap Suoi Nghe, V Company joined A and B Companies of 2 RAR for the operation. 7 RAR was also deployed. The operation overall resulted in 16 VC killed with weapons, ammunition, ordnance and mines captured.

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had been laid by the Australian engineers within a 100-meter-wide strip of cleared ground between a double row of fences. Security of the minefield proved to be ineffective and the VC thereafter simply uplifted the mines and re-used them against the Australians and New Zealanders (if they had not

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forces would be between infantry forces alone. The 33rd Regiment would therefore bait and lure the Australians with traps and eliminate them with their greater numbers. The first attempt occurred on the 19th September when the 33rd Regiment rocketed the South Vietnamese Regional Force outpost at

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On 28 May 1970 it was announced by 1 ATF Command that the barrier minefield had been cleared of all mines. Of the 20,292 mines originally laid, approximately 12,000 were "unaccounted for" and an estimated 7,000 had been uplifted by locals sympathetic to the VC. Over 50% of 1ATF casualties during

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on 28 February. On the same day A Company, 6 RAR/NZ discovered the relocated headquarters of D445 Battalion and a company from D440 Battalion. The enemy fled during the night following artillery barrages. The evacuated bunker systems were found the next day by A Company and V4 Company. The enemy

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which commenced on 10 January, to cordon and search the village of Ngãi Giao and then conduct reconnaissance and ambush operations in the area. Along with their Assault pioneers, W3 and V4 Companies conducted daily patrols around the area of the village with almost daily contacts with the VC. V4

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On 19 December, V4 Company discovered the major part of the hospital, a 200-bed complex complete with underground pharmacy, operating pits and convalescing wards. An enormous cache of medical supplies, food, tools, and equipment were found at the hospital and a large weapons cache was discovered

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On 24 November, whilst on patrol with the ARVN near The Horseshoe, V4 Company suffered casualties from a command detonated mined resulting in two New Zealanders killed and two New Zealanders wounded, with a Vietnamese interpreter and two ARVN soldiers also wounded. On the same day the new Whisky

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which began on 18 July. The operation saw W Company initially positioned as fire support base defence while V3 Company patrolled with 4 RAR along Route 15, near the village of Thai Thien. On 20 July the firebase was moved some 4 km east of Route 15 to an area known as "The Blackstone Trail"

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struck Saigon on 5 May but failed to achieve the success of its earlier Tet Offensive in February. By 7 May the attack on Saigon had been successfully repulsed by the American and ARVN forces. For the Australians and New Zealanders who were elsewhere conducting ambushing tasks on likely approach

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continued into March with C Company of 2 RAR/NZ remaining at The Horseshoe while the other four companies patrolled toward the northern slopes of the Long Hải Hills. On 1 March six members of W Company were wounded from two separate mine incidents. On 4 March, W Company and one of the APC troops

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On 3 July, V Company was relieved by A Company, 2 RAR and returned to Nui Dat, thereafter coming under operational control of 2 RAR. Despite being under 2 RAR operationally, V Company did maintain some command autonomy for all non-operational administrative matters which were reported to the New

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was immediately launched on 19 September with the purpose to find the 33rd Regiment headquarters and its 3rd Battalion. Unbeknownst to 1 ATF Intelligence was that the 33rd Regiment's 2nd Battalion, had also entered the province. Between the two battalions, enemy numbers amounted to 1,100 highly

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3rd Brigade was brought into the operation, with 4 RAR/NZ and 3rd Cavalry placed in a static role of cordoning through ambushing, while 3 RAR with tanks from C Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment were deployed on search-and-destroy actions. Between 6-7 June, 3 RAR became involved in intense fighting

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joined W Company at The Horseshoe and underwent training, eventually going out on night patrols with the New Zealanders in March. Duties at the Horseshoe involved one platoon patrolling and ambushing, the second platoon as base defense, and the third platoon providing security for the engineers

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Operation Marsden (3–28 December 1969) was conducted in the Mây Tào Mountains where the VC 5th Division was headquartered. By mid 1969 the Ba Long Province Unit had replaced the 84 Rear Services Group in providing logistics functions for the PAVN/VC forces in the area and assumed administrative

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Also on 6 June the 1 ATF base at Nui Dat was attacked with rockets and mortars and later in the day 9 RAR came under heavy mortar fire at their fire support base southeast of Dat Do. The 1 ATF base was again mortared on 7 June. A contact on 11 June by B Company 6 RAR revealed the enemy they had

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ended on 1 July. The operation proved to be very successful for 1 ATF and 6 RAR/NZ as a whole was involved in some 85 contacts with PAVN/VC forces during this time, resulting in over 102 enemy killed and at least 22 wounded. New Zealand casualties were two killed with seven wounded. Australian

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beginning on 12 September. The four companies were moved into blocking positions east of Route 2 on the western edge of Thua Tich, in the north east of the province. The operation also involved 1 RAR sweeping east to west and 3 RAR in a defensive position to the south. It was hoped for 1 RAR's

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in the Hat Dich area. On the evening of 13 January, while providing left flank protection, a platoon-size group of VC were caught in V2 Company's ambush initiating a firefight that resulted in eight VC killed and 10 weapons captured, with no casualties to V2 Company. The operation concluded 21

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During a patrol on 29 May, a tripped booby trap resulted in one New Zealander from W3 Company killed and one other wounded. Only a few hours later a pressure mine detonation resulted in two Australians from C Company killed and three others wounded – the first casualties of the new battalion.

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tanks returned to Nui Dat for repairs and base defence. On 12 April a recently laid mine was detonated, seriously wounding two New Zealanders, with one dying a month later. Following a cordon and search of a local village on 14 April, the company returned to Nui Dat to conduct local patrols.

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What soon became apparent was that the FSB had been established too close to the village and base activities could easily be seen by the villagers. On the night of 18 February the VC launched a massive rocket and mortar attack on the FSB, primarily targeting the U.S and New Zealand artillery

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On the morning of 21 September, patrols by 11 Platoon of D Company near the south eastern part of the Courtenay rubber plantation found evidence that there were fortified bunker positions nearby. D Company moved forward near Núi Lé to investigate and discovered the bunker system of the 33rd

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was being planned. Australian, U.S, Thai and South Vietnamese forces were put under 1 ATF command for the operation with 1 RAR as the main Australian battalion. W2 Company were replaced by V3 Company at The Horseshoe and joined operations on 31 December. On 1 January 1969, the newly arrived

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Four Australians were killed with nine wounded during the operation. There were no New Zealand casualties. Enemy killed numbered 22 with five wounded and 21 prisoners, 14 of whom had been patients of the K76A Hospital. Between D Company's and V4 Company's finds, approximately 1.5 tonnes of

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By this stage of the war, Australian and New Zealand casualties continued to be mostly from mines that the VC had pulled from the Australian barrier minefield and re-laid or had booby trapped. 9 RAR had suffered heavy casualties from mine detonations in a five-week mine clearing operation

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On 19 May, 4 RAR was replaced by 6 RAR and the two RNZIR rifle companies with their Assault pioneers and mortar teams merged with A, B and D Companies of 6 RAR to become 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC), once again with an Australian commander and a New Zealander 2IC. The main focus of 6 RAR/NZ was the

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On 15 May, 2 RAR fully replaced 6 RAR and with Whisky 3 (now six months into their tour) and Victor 5 became for the second time 2 RAR/NZ (ANZAC). This tour continued to be focused mainly upon the Pacification program which 1 ATF had adopted as its first priority in April, 1969.

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where it was thought retreating VC had moved into. On 29 February, the last day of the sweep, one member of V2 Company was wounded in a contact with the enemy. The battalion was then ordered to conduct patrols to the south and east, between the village and the Nui Da Dung hills.

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began on the same day as the arrival of the Australian tanks, with V2 Company and W Company joining 2 RAR to strike at the base areas of VC D445 Battalion in the Minh Dam Secret Zone located in the Long Hải Hills. The operation started with a clearing operation in the village of

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Upon return to Nui Dat, W Company made it known that they wished to return to an area where well-worn tracks had been discovered on a previous operation, but not checked out. On 28 September W Company, with a section of mortars from 4 RAR, mounted an independent operation,

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were also committed. A third troop was created out of the headquarters tanks, and by August 1968 the squadron was brought up to its full strength of 26 tanks. Australian and New Zealand infantry would work very closely with these tank troops during their time in Vietnam.

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nearby. Over the next week all rifle companies conducted day and night search and destroy missions in their areas, spending Christmas 1969 in the field. The new W3 Company's involvement in the operation was uneventful. All companies returning to Nui Dat by 28 December.

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On 16 April, 1 ATF was advised of a change to operational priorities, with top priority given to eradicating the VC presence and influence among the civilian populations, followed by the upskilling of the South Vietnamese military forces. These programs were known as

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RAR/NZ was the radio detachment from 104 Signal Squadron. The hill was solid rock and had to be built up with over 100,000 sandbags to provide adequate observation and defense functions. Courtenay Hill became the headquarters and Command Post of 4 RAR/NZ thereafter.

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Late in the afternoon of the following day D Company were reinforced by V6 Company in anticipation of a follow-up attack, but none came. On 23 September, V6 Company lead the final assault against the bunker, however when they arrived, the enemy had withdrawn.

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Local patrols around Nui Dat were conducted by the 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit (1ARU) and infantry platoons that were between operations. Always on standby was one infantry platoon with cavalry, mortar, tank, and air elements which together formed the

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2 RAR and V5 Company underwent refresher training from 30 June until 13 July. While that was occurring W3 Company, the mortar platoon of 2 RAR, and 1 ATF HQ's Defence & Employment (D&E) Platoon were temporarily placed under operational control of

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system was found and destroyed. To further 3 RAR's successes, A Company 2 RAR/NZ was placed under operational control of 3 RAR on 26 March, further reducing 2 RAR/NZ to just one Australian rifle company and Victor 5 Company. 3 RAR were then deployed on

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Meanwhile, W3 Company's detached platoon and mortar team returned from Long Son Island to Nui Dat on 30 May. On 2 June, an officer from W3 Company was wounded from shrapnel from an RPG when the platoon discovered and fired on a VC camp. 2 RAR/NZ ended

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where patrolling continued. Following airstrikes and artillery bombardment on a bunkered enemy camp that had been found by V3 Company on 22 July, that night all companies mounted an attack on the enemy camp but the area had been decimated and vacated.

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Additionally, over the course of the war RNZIR personnel served in administrative roles at the New Zealand HQ V Force in Saigon, in support and logistic roles within the ANZAC Battalions at Nui Dat, and in the 1st Australian Logistics Support Group .

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World War I and the only Australian battalion to have five rifle companies. The Battalion deputy commander was an RNZIR Officer. A NZ Component was established at Nui Dat to manage national administration of the New Zealand contingents within 1 ATF.

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On 8 May, Victor 3 was replaced by Victor 4. By the end of their tour Victor 3 had suffered two killed and 22 wounded. The new Victor Company conducted operations with Whisky 2 and 4 RAR while 4 RAR made their preparations to return to Australia.

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D Company from 3 RAR was put under operational control of 4 RAR/NZ and joined 4 RAR/NZ on the operation with 3rd Cavalry, 104th Field Battery and 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight in support. V6 Company patrolled west of Route 2 conducting

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On 12 August an RNZE Assault pioneer with W2 Company was killed and three others wounded, with one dying of wounds three months later, from a mine explosion whilst clearing mines from an area surrounding the school at the hamlet of Phuoc Loi.

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4RAR/NZ was deployed east of the U.S base at Long Binh and south of Song La Buong River while 9 RAR was deployed to the north. Enemy forces anticipated were elements from VC 5th Division, namely 274th VC Regiment and the newly relocated PAVN

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on 6 April with C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment conducting a Reconnaissance-in-force in the Xuyen Moc area ("The Long Green.") 14 VC camps were destroyed and a quantity of equipment captured by the time the operation concluded on 9 April.

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positions. Two subsequent waves of VC attacks were held off over two hours with the loss of three members of 3 RAR, one American from 2/35th Field Artillery, and four members of 1st Field Sqn who were caught outside the perimeter while on a

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V Company returned to the Horseshoe 26 October and remained there until 12 November where it was replaced by a new Victor company, also from 1 RNZIR in Malaya. The first Victor company completed their tour with one killed and two wounded.

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was launched 3 August involving 7 RAR, 8 RAR and 2 RAR/NZ to ambush VC supply routes. W3 Company, less their mortar team, departed the operation on 10 August returning to Nui Dat from 14 to 22 August to provide security for the base.

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Lying on South Vietnam's southern coast, three-quarters of Phước Tuy was covered with rainforest and grassland. The South Vietnamese Government's authority over Phước Tuy was limited almost entirely to the provincial capital city of

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which had commenced a week earlier with 1 RAR. V3 Company remained at Nui Dat as base defense while the new Whisky company continued at The Horseshoe. The operation was launched in response to increased VC activity that suggested a

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At The Horseshoe, W Company conducted patrolling, ambushing, and check point duties, with several clashes with the enemy. During a patrol on 26 January, one member of W Company was killed and another wounded from a mine detonation.

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which operated north of the Phuoc Tuy-Long Khanh borders begin its departure in December 1970, withdrawing entirely by May 1971. The U.S 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (less one squadron) also began to withdraw from February 1971.

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2 RAR began arriving from 28 April 1970 and between 10 and 25 May, 2 RAR and Victor 5 conducted operational training and attended briefings in preparation for operations while W3 Company continued operations on Long Son Island.

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Intelligence reports obtained by 1 ATF in June, in conjunction with information gathered by the SASR, located the VC D445 Battalion and the PAVN 3/33 Regiment east of Route 2 along the border between Phuoc Tuy and Long Khanh.

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While Whisky 2 trained at the Horseshoe, V3 Company and C Company 4 RAR engaged in local patrols and ambushes. On 16 November, V3 Company was fired on during an ambush resulting in one New Zealander killed and three wounded.

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The W3 mortar team returned to Nui Dat on 29 August and at the request of 3rd Cavalry were deployed the next day with them and a troop of the Australian tanks, engineers from 1 Field Squadron, and 1 ATF HQ D&E Platoon on

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Also on 1 August, V3 Company moved out by APCs and with the tanks of 3 Troop to a site four kilometres north of Ngãi Giao village on the western side of Route 2 to establish a fire support base in support of 3 RAR as part of

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was mounted too late to prevent the attacks on Saigon, the Australians and New Zealanders successfully disrupted the VC lines of communication and inhibited their withdrawal efforts, causing heavy casualties in the process.

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Company's contacts included contact with the Ngãi Giao Guerilla Squad. On 13 January V4 Company moved to a new area, conducting ambushing and patrolling with great success including capturing key local VC political cadres.

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Between December 1970 through to 21 February 1971, 2 RAR/NZ and one troop from 1st Armoured Regiment, always under operational control of 2 RAR/NZ, conducted night ambushes around Hoa Long, returning each day to Nui Dat.

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Over 12 tonnes of rice and 12 lb of salt were destroyed, and many documents obtained. 230 bunkers, 300 weapon pits and 74 military structures were also destroyed. There were no Australian or New Zealand casualties.

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along the Biên Hòa-Long Khahn border. The operation's objectives were to deny enemy infiltration routes into Saigon and to identify rocket-launching sites. 4 RAR/NZ was sent to assist 1 RAR which was relieving the U.S

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What would ultimately prove to be a tactical blunder by 1 ATF Command and account for the majority of Australian and New Zealand casualties throughout the war, was the laying of a minefield over a 10 km area from

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Whisky 2 was replaced by Whisky 3 on 14 November 1969. By the end of their tour, Whisky 2 had suffered seven killed and 26 wounded. During this new rotation a mortar section and Assault pioneer section were added.

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On 28 September an ambush laid by V5 Company resulted in eight VC killed and one captured. Intelligence gained from the prisoner led to the discovery of the location of C41 Châu Đức District Company headquarters.

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strategy being undertaken by the Americans. 1 ATF would be increasingly called upon to provide support to a number of civil community reconstruction projects and assist in the training of South Vietnamese forces.

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first operation on 15 May in the area of the Courtenay rubber plantation, while the outgoing 2 RAR conducted short reconnaissance and ambush operations in around Nui Dat until end of their operations on 20 May.

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pharmaceuticals had been captured, possibly the largest amount ever seized in the war by allied forces. The discovery of the hospital would prove to be a catastrophic defeat for the PAVN/VC forces in the area.

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trained regular forces. 1 ATF was reduced to only two battalions and the Australian SAS by this time (NZSAS had left in February.) The tanks had gone, leaving only the APCs and artillery for ground support.

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Phước Tuy's villages and hamlets in the south were grouped around Routes 15 (the main route between Saigon and Vũng Tàu), Route 2, (running from Bà Rịa north to Long Khánh Province), Route 44 (running from

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which was a land clearing operation from Route 15 to the north operating from two fire bases and with W Company providing defence for the engineers from 17th Construction Squadron and patrolling the area.

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rubber plantation and jungle areas north-west of Route 2 where it was known VC held meetings, collected taxes from the villagers, disseminated propaganda and gathered rice from the plantation workers.

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near the south coast. Since their formation in 1965 they had proven to be an efficient and well-organized force in battles against the Americans during Operation Hardihood and the Australians in The

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before Christmas. The New Zealand government also announced New Zealand's withdrawal. On 29 August the Australian tank regiment fully ceased operations in preparation for its return to Australia.

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casualties were one killed and 23 wounded. The PAVN and VC Main Force units were severely weakened as a result and D440 Battalion was disbanded with the remainder transferred into D445 Battalion.

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On 10 March V5 Company lost their platoon commander with another wounded when a Claymore mine accidentally detonated from a fire caused by M60 tracer ammunition during a contact with the enemy.

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fight off two enemy assaults. Helicopter gunships and mortar support saved the patrol from being wiped out. Four members of V3 Company were wounded in the battle with three confirmed VC killed.

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were pinned down. As artillery support was not feasible due to unsuitable topography, U.S helicopter gunships were instead called in to strafe the enemy bunker. As a result, the VC retreated.

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were tripped by two members of A company, the second during the medical evacuation of the wounded from the first detonation. The incident resulted in two Australians killed and 24 wounded.

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concluded on 22 November with 3RAR returning to Nui Dat, however, 4RAR/NZ remained in the area until 30 November. Both phases of the operation amounted to 48 days of continuous operations.

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offer medical services to those villagers who might need it. 6 RAR's anti-tank platoon and a team of engineers from 1 Field Squadron, accompanied the Australian and New Zealand platoons.

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with one dying of wounds the next day. W3 Company left the Hat Dich on 14 October and spent their last month patrolling north of the Nui Dinh Hills, finishing operations on 31 October.

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on 13 May 1967. Soldiers from C and D Companies 1 RNZIR with six months left in their two-year tour were selected. Most had seen operational service with British forces as part of the

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RAR arrived from Australia to relieve 7 RAR. On 26 February 3 RAR was deployed to the Horseshoe to commence in-theatre training. 2 RAR/NZ supplied a rifle company to 3 RAR to assist.

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on 23 March on what would become a four-week search and destroy mission in the north-eastern regions of Phuoc Tuy province. This would also be 6 RAR's and Victor 4's final operation.

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to conduct operations along the Suoi Ca river near the Long Khanh and Phuoc Tuy borders with the purpose of further restricting VC 274th Regiment's efforts to re enter the province.

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on 15 June. The battalion moved to an area south west of Route 15 to conduct search-and-destroy patrols. A number of contacts were made with one member of W Company injured from a

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resulted in six Australians from D Company killed and 30 wounded, and one New Zealander wounded. As a result of the battle, the 33rd Regiment withdrew from Phouc Tuy Province.

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on the north side of the mountain, found the first signs of the hospitals. The following day they discovered a bunker system of 12 bunkers identified as part of K76A Hospital.

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air support from the Americans, the enemy withdrew. The following morning, seven enemy dead were found with an estimated 20 more fatalities from the artillery and mortar fire.

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On 4 May, W3 Company - together with their mortar section which had just returned from operations with 3rd Cavalry - and an Australian Engineer Splinter Team were deployed to

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All five infantry companies, including their mortar teams and Assault pioneers, from 6 RAR/NZ were deployed on 2 December. 4/52 ARVN Battalion was deployed with V4 Company.

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On 2 August one member from V4 Company was killed by a booby trap with five others wounded while unloading a truck at the South Vietnamese Regional Force outpost at Lo Gom.

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blast on the last day of the operation, on 20 June. A quantity of weapons, food, and equipment were seized and a battalion-sized training camp was discovered and destroyed.

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On 5 May 1970, Victor 4 was replaced by Victor 5. By the end of their tour Victor 4 had suffered six killed, one dying from an illness while on active duty and 14 wounded.

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shell with another dying of wounds shortly after. Two others were also wounded from the blast and three others were wounded by enemy fire during the ensuing firefight.

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from W2 Company being killed in a friendly fire incident. On 13 January 4 RAR/NZ returned to Nui Dat for a break and was relieved by 1 RAR who were then redeployed on

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concluded 10 September and 2 RAR/NZ, less W3 Company, returned to Nui Dat for a further period of rest and retraining. W3 Company continued operations with 8 RAR.

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On 8 March D Company, 6 RAR/NZ was involved in a clash with elements of D445 Battalion in "The Long Green", resulting in three Australians killed and six wounded.

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at the 1st Australian Field Hospital at Vung Tau, to be used by her and other nurses to drive around in. The vehicle was passed on over the following years.

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was the next 1 ATF operation involving V2 Company, 2 RAR, and 7 RAR which was a search and destroy operation conducted in conjunction with U.S 1st Brigade,

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W3 Company, less 2 Platoon which remained with the W3 mortar section on Long Song Island, was deployed on 15 May to an area west of the Nui Dinh Hills on

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to sweep and clear the barrier minefield with APC, tank, and infantry elements of 1 ATF in support. The first of a series of operations to this end was

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The very last RNZIR contribution to the Vietnam War was in March 1972, when the second New Zealand Army Training Team (2 NZATTV) arrived at the U.S.

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APC as expected, but by sheer happenstance the company commander stopped the company short of the ambush site and without knowing it went around the

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A Company scaled the mountains, having to make their way through a 200-meter-wide minefield of improvised mines made from undetonated U.S. Air Force

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Hai Hills. W2 Company deployed to Route 44 to provide security operations along the route. All platoons conducted mine clearing and ambushing tasks.

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Realising the mistake they had made in laying a minefield which essentially served to arm the enemy, 1 ATF command set about engaging the Australian

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With the battalion's tour cut short, Victor 6's last operation was one of protecting the activities of 1 ATF's withdrawal from South Vietnam during

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was the first operation conducted by 1 ATF outside of Phước Tuy and was aimed at denying the VC the ability to attack the large American bases at

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on the northern slopes of the Long Hai mountains. W Company was relieved by the 1 ATF Reinforcement Unit and returned to Nui Dat on 22 April.

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also operated throughout the province with an estimated strength of 350 men. Its headquarters were located in the Minh Dam Secret Zone in the

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to destroy VC positions on the island while protecting the engineers from 17th Construction Squadron who were building water sources for the

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From the Horseshoe, the new Victor Company's first tasks were to provide security to Dat Do Village and conduct local ambushes and patrols.

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concluded on 19 February, with both phases having amounted to 78 days. 4 RAR/NZ and 9 RAR returned to Nui Dat to immediately commence with

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On 30 December W3 Company was deployed on their second operation, a short search and destroy mission with B and D Companies from 6 RAR in

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upon his return from a patrol. The following day W Company made three contacts with the enemy resulting in two VC killed and one wounded.

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on 21 September. W3 Company left the operation on 25 September, and returned to Nui Dat to take over as the base ready reaction force.

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Over the next several months the new task force at Nui Dat was brought up to strength, adding a second Australian artillery battery, an

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were arrested and handed over to South Vietnamese authorities. The battalion returned to Nui Dat on 26 March to conduct local patrols.

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The Australian infantry regiment and the New Zealand artillery battery served under operational control of the 173rd Airborne from the

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company-sized enemy force. Both RNZIR companies conducted sweeps without incidents. 1 ATF forces maintained the cordon until 19 May.

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On 15 February 1970, W3 Company and their mortar team, was despatched to The Horseshoe while the rest of the battalion prepared for

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Upon completing their own operation, W Company returned to Nui Dat on 6 October to undertake base defence duties and to prepare for

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New Zealand Army Roman Catholic chaplain delivers last rites to a 6RAR/NZ private killed during Operation Marsden, 11 December 1969

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soldiers and have them work alongside them. On 2 November the New Zealanders were greeted by the 1ATF commander and the Australian

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On 18 August 1969, the battalion conducted a ceremony on the site of the Battle of Long Tan to dedicate a memorial (known as the

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to South Vietnam, arriving on 27 February. Each troop consisted of four tanks plus two tanks with the squadron headquarters. Two

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on the south-east coast. Made up of members from various New Zealand branches of service including RNZIR, the team helped train

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Australian General Thomas Daly speaks to a member of V4 Company at The Horseshoe during a rare visit to Vietnam, 2 November 1969

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pact, Australia and New Zealand were asked to contribute combat forces too. Up until this time the Australians had committed an

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W3 Company arrived with their ARVN colleagues at Xuan Loc on 29 March. W3 Company returned to The Horseshoe the following day.

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On 28 July 3 RAR and 4 RAR, less V6 Company who remained at Nui Dat as the ready reaction force, were immediately deployed on

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The new Victor Company deployed to The Horseshoe on 5 June. 4 RAR with W Company completed their first shake-down operation,

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From 26 to 28 August, V4 Company deployed into the area of the Courtenay rubber plantation for a reconnaissance-in-force on

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had been a friendly fire incident, the facts of which had been suppressed by the platoon hierarchy and company commanders.

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who was acting as a scout for the platoon. W3 Company remained at FSB Le Loi until 2 August when it was relieved by 8 RAR.

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To offset the withdrawal of the second New Zealand infantry company, in January the New Zealand government committed the

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A second fire support base had been established earlier by the Americans 17 km east of Biên Hòa near the village of

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concluded 24 April, with 6 RAR and V4 Company both ceasing operations in preparation for their departures from Vietnam.

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The following day 6 RAR lost one of their Assault pioneers and two others were seriously wounded in a mine detonation.

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During W Company's land clearing operation, on 4 August the fire base established for the operation was fired on with

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in Vietnam. Meanwhile, the remainder of the regiment, six Territorial Force battalions, remained home in New Zealand.

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Company. The VC had built up an extensive cadre and political organisation that reached into every town and village.

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was hastily concluded on 18 September following further intelligence obtained alerting 1 ATF to the presence of the

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the New Zealanders were relieved on 24 October leaving the Australian Companies of 6 RAR to continue the operation.

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On 28 December W Company relieved V2 Company at The Horseshoe and V2 Company joined 2 RAR and 7 RAR in the ongoing

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of the recent ambushes and details of supply line changes to D445 VC Battalion and C41 Châu Đức District Company.

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ended on 4 September resulting in a cleared trail through the jungle some 200 metres wide and 13,500 metres long.

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from 1 Field Squadron, next conducted a small operation in the area of the "Firestone Trail" between 5–10 July,

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in support. A headquarters for the force, Commander Australian Army Force Vietnam (COMAAFV), was established in

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Bruce Young review of the book 'The Minefield: An Australian Tragedy in Vietnam' by author Greg Lockhart, URL:

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mission around Nui Dat resulting in one VC killed and one wounded and five suspects captured for questioning.

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contacts resulted in over a dozen enemy killed and a steady supply of food and ammunition caches recovered.

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section. By the end of their six-month tour Victor 2 had sustained one killed and 20 wounded. Hereafter the

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The first New Zealand infantry contribution to South Vietnam was a 182-man rifle company which arrived from

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clearing the barrier minefield. Also in February a new 7 RAR arrived to replace 5 RAR in their final tour.

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were killed by faulty ordnance, accidents, stress, and distractions by enemy actions. By June 1967, 20,292

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On 11 December 4 RAR/NZ, less both RNZIR companies, returned to the Long Khánh-Biên Hòa border as part of

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In response to the United States' request, the Australian government committed an infantry battalion, its

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attempted to get the car running, but were unsuccessful. The car was given to the 102nd Field Workshops,

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which was a two-day cordon and search based on suspicions that VC were hiding in the coastal township of

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concluded 2 May. Victor 5 ended their tour in South Vietnam having suffered four killed and 27 wounded.

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With D Company at The Horseshoe, the remainder of 4 RAR/NZ was next tasked with a three-part operation,

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As part of the next rotation of the ANZAC Battalion, with 4 RAR, New Zealand infantry participated in:

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ended on 10 March with one New Zealander wounded in a contact on the last day. 8 RAR continued on with

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With the rest of the battalion remaining at the base, V4 company and B Company together with a team of

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110 wounded and five captured. Large quantities of weapons and equipment were also captured. Although

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was the stronger and better trained of the two, based in north-west Phước Tuy in an area known as the

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The principal communist units in Phước Tuy were main forces from the 274th and 275th Regiments of the

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began for W Company on 10 April with W Company in command of 2 Troop from C Squadron and elements of

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under operational control of 3 RAR. On 14 February a member of W Company was accidentally wounded by

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With 3 RAR back at Nui Dat preparing to return to Australia, V6 Company's last combat operation was

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used by the VC headquarters. As a result, senior U.S commanders including MACV commander General

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was therefore launched to search and destroy D445 Battalion. Less W3 Company, 6 RAR/NZ commenced

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to directly search for and destroy D445 Battalion while the remainder of 2 RAR/NZ continued on

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As part of the newly formed ANZAC Battalion with 2 RAR, New Zealand infantry participated in:

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W3 Company again came under operational control of 8 RAR and was redeployed from Nui Dat onto

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died of their wounds shortly thereafter, from a mine detonation near the hamlet of Ap Lo Gom.

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and was fixed up by off-duty members. The car was painted pink and donated to a Sister of the

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The following day, after the ARVN troops had spent a month at The Horseshoe with W3 Company,

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6RAR/NZ soldier explains the M60 machine gun to ARVN 18th Division soldiers at the Horseshoe

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On 20 January W2 Company commenced a three-day operation with 2/48th ARVN Battalion and 586

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and on 18 September rejoined W3 Company for their last two days of operations with 8 RAR.

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which had commenced two and a half weeks earlier. The operation, involving U.S., ARVN and

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contact for V6 Company, which would be the last contact for the battalion and for 1 ATF.

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Following a familiarization operation for 2 RAR and V5 Company, W3 Company returned from

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First to Fight: Australian Diggers, N.Z. Kiwis and U.S. Paratroopers in Vietnam, 1965–66

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The 60th Land Clearing Company 'Jungle Eaters', Author: Gary L. Knepp, Year: 2008, URL:

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With the next ANZAC battalion, formed with 6 RAR, New Zealand infantry was involved in:

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On 28 October, V4 Company was despatched to The Horseshoe where they were to train ARVN

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near Dat Do to the coast. During the laying of the minefield in May 1967, 13 Australian

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ended 29 July, with the battalion having engaged in 33 days of continuous operations.

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Commander's Diaries, C Squadron, 11 February 1968 – 10 February 1969 (Page One) URL:

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With W3 Company back with the ANZAC Battalion, 2 RAR/NZ and 7 RAR were redeployed on

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In May 1968 Victor 2 was replaced by Victor 3. The new Victor Company also brought a

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On 12 December 1967 the Australian government committed a third infantry battalion,

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ANZAC Elite: The Airborne and Special Forces Insignia of Australia and New Zealand

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https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/sites/default/files/documents/honours-awards/day-mm.pdf

7124: 7084: 7035:(W3 Company - Book Reviews of Relevance to SVN and W3 Coy) Retrieved 25 April 2021 7025: 6767: 6247:. Linden Park, South Australia: The Royal Australian Regiment Association SA Inc. 6098: 4249: 3817: 3614: 3534: 1731: 466: 8038: 8018: 7998: 7978: 7935: 7897: 7864: 7844: 7824: 7761: 7741: 7721: 7702: 7601: 7581: 7562: 7502: 7482: 7462: 7442: 7422: 7338: 7318: 7299: 7250: 7231: 7211: 7191: 7171: 7151: 7131: 7071: 7052: 7032: 6947: 6928: 6839: 6774: 6701: 6623: 6604: 6555: 6535: 6515: 6495: 6475: 6375: 6355: 6335: 6315: 6295: 6275: 6203: 6165: 6145: 5920: 5900: 5850: 5830: 5770: 5664: 5614: 5585: 5565: 5545: 5525: 5459: 5378: 5282: 5262: 5212: 5192: 5172: 5086: 5066: 5016: 4996: 4976: 4926: 4906: 4886: 4866: 4846: 4766: 4673: 4653: 4633: 4537: 4468: 4436: 4416: 4256: 4236: 4216: 4196: 4176: 4157: 4150: 4097: 4007: 3946: 3824: 3765: 3727: 3661: 3574: 3521: 3458: 3438: 3418: 3398: 3378: 3358: 3338: 3288: 3268: 3248: 3142: 3109: 3089: 3069: 3049: 3030: 3010: 2977: 2127:

As part of 1 ATF, New Zealand infantry participated in the following operations:

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On 15 January, W3 Company's mortar section was deployed with B Company, 6 RAR in

1398: 878: 786: 618: 613:

east of Long Binh. The two Australian artillery batteries were moved to the FSB.

393: 374: 44: 7735:

https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/memory/bunker-assault-operation-hermit-park-june-1971

6881: 6616: 3102: 271: 6468: 5627: 3291:(The Asia-Pacific Journal | 4 June 2007 | Volume 5 | Issue 6 | Article ID 2447) 1640:

wounded. Amongst the documents captured were the operational signals codes and

1371: 1305:) between 8 May and 15 June. 5 RAR continued mine clearing in the same region ( 1260: 1200: 1033: 609: 389: 378: 279: 267: 196: 7292: 7224: 6508: 6328: 5863: 4149:'A NIGHT IN THE YEAR OF THE MONKEY' | Author: Peter Scott | Year: 2017 | URL: 3371: 2735:

As part of 2 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Whisky 3 and Victor 5 Companies were involved in:

523: 465:(ARVN) and U.S forces. This operation also established a fire support base at 8554: 8450: 8264: 7957: 7754: 7064: 6921: 6832: 6567: 6548: 6518:(Victor Four Company - 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion, South Vietnam 1969 – 1970) 6268: 5823: 5518: 4759: 4409: 4209: 3654: 1406: 1360: 859: 849:

On 25 April, 2 RAR/NZ and 3 RAR were deployed to Long Khánh Province to join

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at the very north east of the province. Operating in Phước Tuy, Biên Hòa and

40: 8295: 7556:

https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2018/06/27/chapter-50-nursemaiding-chq/

6715:

https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/photo/andy-mokaraka-1st-australian-field-hospital

5893: 4188:'Commander's Diaries, C Squadron, 11 February 1968 – 10 February 1969' URL: 3971: 3514: 1935:

From 3–5 June, the new ANZAC Battalion conducted their shakedown operation,

233: 8326: 7817: 7495: 7475: 7415: 7262: 6960: 6348: 5657: 5371: 5184:'Tales from the dark side of Victor 3 - Part 5', Author: Ross Miller, URL: 5058:

4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Operations - Operations Stirrup Cup and Track Duster URL:

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RNZIR casualties (including RNZE attachments) during the Vietnam War were:

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In August 1971 the Australian government had announced that 1 ATF would be

1641: 882: 561:, north of the task force base while V2 Company remained at the Horseshoe. 512: 263: 8386:

New Zealand's Vietnam War: A History of Combat, Commitment and Controversy

8200:

A Duty Done: A History of The Royal Australian Regiment in the Vietnam War

6378:(VICTOR FOUR COMPANY, 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion, South Vietnam 1969–1970) 6358:(VICTOR FOUR COMPANY, 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion, South Vietnam 1969–1970) 6338:(VICTOR FOUR COMPANY, 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion, South Vietnam 1969–1970) 6278:(VICTOR FOUR COMPANY, 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion, South Vietnam 1969–1970) 6138: 4859: 4379: 4189: 1413:

6 RAR/NZ was relieved by 9 RAR and flown back to Nui Dat on 30 September.

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With B Company at The Horseshoe, the remainder of 6 RAR/NZ next conducted

558: 6168:(VICTOR 4 COMPANY - 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) BATTALION - SOUTH VIETNAM 1969–1970) 5254:

4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Operations - Operation Goodwood, Phases I & II URL:

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1RAR and 173rd Airborne Brigade troops deploy from U.S. UH-1s in May 1965

33: 7927:

Story 58 - Reminiscing 1971 The Final Days, Author: Ken Mackenzie, URL:

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https://3rar71.blogspot.com/2012/09/journal-entry-18-september-1971.html

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4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Operations - Operation Capital, Phases I & II URL:

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against elements of the PAVN 33rd Regiment and VC 274th Regiment in the

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During a patrol on 27 November, V3 Company discovered an abandoned 1948

457:(8-16 July 1967) which was a combined Search-and-destroy operation with 67:

New Zealand artillery served under 173rd Airborne Brigade from 1965-1966

7312:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=2154

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https://www.historynet.com/60th-land-clearing-company-jungle-eaters.htm

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http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/vietnam/rnzir.htm

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patrols. D Company patrolled east of Route 2 with one of the troops of

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detonation resulted in one New Zealander killed and one other wounded.

430: 8031: 8011: 7991: 7436:

https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/unit-notes-vietnam-veterans-list#nztraining

4969: 4879: 4349: 3741:"Cpl GK Hoerara | VietnamWar.govt.nz, New Zealand and the Vietnam War" 3330:'Timeline for New Zealand infantry deployments to South Vietnam' URL: 721: 7694:

Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star Brian Robert Hampton Monks, URL:

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http://grunt-redux.atspace.eu/Order%20of%20Battle/ANZACs/anzac6b1.htm

2050: 1861:

to train South Vietnamese platoon commanders in weapons and tactics.

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Field Battery established their fire support base on the edge of the

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south to the coast), and Route 23 (running from Bà Rịa north-east to

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at Vung Tau provided transport logistics and mechanical engineering.

114:

in July and established its own headquarters (HQ V Force) at Saigon.

7595:

http://vvaavic.org.au/4-battalion-the-royal-australian-regiment-4rar

7214:(Headquarters First Australian Task Force, South Vietnam, 1966-1972) 7204: 7165:

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6318:(The Vietnam List – NZ in Vietnam 1964-75) Retrieved 20 January 2020 4809: 4020: 3451: 3135: 3042: 1401:

artillery accidentally shelled W2 Company's position with air burst

396:. Riflemen, including the M79 grenadier, used the Australian 7.62mm 8424:

On the Offensive: The Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1967–1968

7185:

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5914:

http://tunnelrats.com.au/pdfs/militarymedalwinners/PhilBaxterMM.pdf

5029: 4666: 4530: 4259:(New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage) updated 13-Mar-2019 3421:(Victor Company, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, Vietnam 1967) 3411: 3401:(Victor Company, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, Vietnam 1967) 3052:(Victor Company, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, Vietnam 1967) 1854: 1725: 1334: 1102: 923: 838:

On 18 April W Company relieved C Company 2 RAR, who had been given

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Soldiers from Victor Coy, RNZIR patrol with Australian APCs during

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Company; C25, the Long Đất (Dat Do) District Company; and C41, the

240: 103: 43:

in Malaysia, it sent a series of rifle companies to serve with the

8259:(91). London: Military Historical Society (Great Britain): 75–78. 1312: 388:

made up of four Privates, and a Machine Gun group consisting of a

7455: 7332:

https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/pte-malcolm-lindsay-sutherland

5370:'The Conflict in Vietnam - Part 10, Author: Colin F. Jones, URL: 5186:

https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/memory/tales-dark-side-victor-3-part-5

3461:(Victor Company Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Vietnam 1967) 947:

V3 Company rejoined 4 RAR/NZ for the battalion's next operation,

912: 405: 161: 7134:, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), accessed 30 November 2019 6487:

W3 Company - Service Stories: Operations ROSS and MARSDEN, URL:

5166:

https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/v-company-and-the-captured-car/

2991:

https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/memory/memories-viet-nam-wayne-robson

1947:

was launched in response on 5 June. 2/8 Battalion from the U.S.

1617:

Operation Townsville: "The biggest intelligence coup of the war"

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The following day 2 RAR/NZ and one company from 7 RAR commenced

518:

V Company's final operation with an Australian battalion was in

7684:

https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/lcpl-leslie-norman-templeton

7593:

4 Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR/NZ) ANZAC URL:

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ANZAC battalions the 2IC was an RNZIR officer, this time Major

1364: 332: 315: 207:

provided air support for the task force. 5th Transport Company

136:, a light aircraft unit equipped with Sioux light helicopters ( 107: 8405:

To Long Tan: The Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1950–1966

6695:

https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/operation-hammersley-50th

6596:'W3 Mortar Section activities from 1 to 31 January 1970' URL: 5140:

https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/lcpl-donald-imlay-bensemann

2843:

As part of 4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Victor 6 Company was involved in:

1452:

Company joined 6 RAR for their first operation in the ongoing

8460:

Last Out: 4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion's Second Tour in Vietnam

7242:

Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star David Paul Beattie, URL:

7011:'2 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment 2RAR/NZ (ANZAC)' URL: 5060:

http://www.4rarassociationsaustralia.com/stirrup-cup2017.html

3938:

Mention in Despatches (m.i.d.) Richard Dick Dargaville, URL:

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withdrew to the south-east. On 3 March 8 RAR was deployed on

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meets 4RAR/NZ soldiers on a visit to Nui Dat, 8 November 1968

503:

On 4 September V Company, 2 RAR, and 7 RAR were committed to

76: 8533:

ANZACs: Australian and New Zealand Troops in Vietnam 1962–72

7900:(4 RAR ASSOCIATIONS OF AUSTRALIA) Retrieved 8 January 2020; 7554:'Chapter 50: Nursemaiding CHQ', Author: Ian Cavanough, URL: 5557:

Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) John Grant Sandford, URL:

5256:

http://www.4rarassociationsaustralia.com/keith-hurman-2.html

4990:

http://www.4rarassociationsaustralia.com/hawkesbury2017.html

4920:

http://www.4rarassociationsaustralia.com/innamincka2017.html

4428:

Mention in Despatches (m.i.d.) John Russell Whitworth, URL:

3123:

https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/defending-the-nui-dat-base/

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W3 Mortar section, 1 ATF D&E Platoon, 3Cav, 1 Fd Sqn RAE

1903: 1179:

Company's contact was the biggest contact of the operation.

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1st Australian Field Hospital nurses alight from the Citroen

404:. Eventually the New Zealand infantry would adopt U.S-issue 7733:' Bunker assault, Operation Hermit Park, June 1971 ', URL: 6998:'2RAR First Battle and Casualty' Author: Bill Blair, URL: ' 6713:'Andy Mokaraka at the 1st Australian Field Hospital', URL: 6307:

Mention in Despatches (M.I.D) William George Doherty, URL:

4900:

http://www.4rarassociationsaustralia.com/lyre-bird2017.html

4529:

WHISKEY COMPANY 1967-1968, Operation Cooktown Orchid, URL:

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first new battalion operation with W3 Coy, V5 Coy and 2 RAR

1993:, conducting ambushing and patrolling from Courtenay Hill. 156:(TAOR). In May 1966 a second Australian battalion arrived, 7981:, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Sep-2014 7744:, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 08-Sep-2020 7584:, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 09-Sep-2020 7445:, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 13-Mar-2019 6717:, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 28-Apr-2011 6137:

Operation Mundingburra, Author: Evan (Mac) McKenzie, URL:

5608:

http://www.4rarassociationsaustralia.com/stafford2017.html

5164:'V Company and the Captured Car' Author: Noel Hains, URL: 5155:, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 06-Mar-2018 4849:(4RAR Associations of Australia) Retrieved 1 December 2019 4689:, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 28-Apr-2011 3827:, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 31-Jan-2014 3242:

https://www.1fieldsappers.org/page/Minefield%20of%20Misery

3196: 3184: 3172: 3160: 3145:(Headquarters Company, 1st Australian Task Force Web Site) 2993:, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 08-Jun-2021 933:

From 23 June the battalion (less V3 Company) took part in

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in 1966. Additionally, there were three district-based VC

7194:, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 5-Sep-2013 7174:, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 5-Sep-2013 6467:'W3 Company - Mortars and Assault Pioneer Sections' URL: 5842:

Mention in Despatches (m.i.d.) David Maihi Douglas, URL:

5539:

http://www.4rarassociationsaustralia.com/federal2017.html

5528:(5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Association) 5451:

Mention in Despatches (m.i.d.) Gordon John Dalziel, URL:

5206:

http://www.4rarassociationsaustralia.com/capital2017.html

5195:, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 5-Sep-2013 5010:

http://www.4rarassociationsaustralia.com/sceptre2017.html

4918:

4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Operations - Operation Innamincka, URL:

4442: 4219:, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 2-Apr-2012 3125:(Australia's Vietnam War - University of New South Wales) 1876:

2RAR/NZ machine gun position at the Horseshoe, March 1971

1530: 147: 8044: 7891:

http://www.4rarassociationsaustralia.com/nui-le-rev.html

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4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Operations - Operation Hawkesbury URL:

4840:

http://www.4rarassociationsaustralia.com/merino2017.html

4089:

Mention in Despatches (m.i.d.) Russel James Martin URL:

3341:(W3 Company - Service Stories) Retrieved 12 January 2020 1996: 1962:

concluded on 14 June to be immediately followed up with

255:

the 5th Division comprised both local VC guerrillas and

4898:

4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Operations - Operation Lyrebird, URL:

3878: 3791:. Royal Australian Regiment Association. Archived from 1677: 1571:

out of the Minh Dam Secret Zone to the area of Dat Do.

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on 10 June which was a one-day search operation in the

885:

for all RNZIR companies was extended to twelve months.

869: 71:

In May 1965 the United States government committed its

6941:

https://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/support_elm2.htm#Ambushed

6093: 6091: 5606:

4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Operations - Operation Stafford URL:

4687:

https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/pte-campbell-keelan

3361:(W3 Company - Service Stories) Retrieved 24 April 2021 3148: 2971:

http://premierstrategics.com/nzvietnam/nzhqvforce.html

1555:. A company from the 5th Cavalry Regiment of the ARVN 7972:

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/vietnam-war-map

7880:| Australian War Memorial (accessed 4 February, 2024) 7604:(Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia Victoria)/ 6766:'Caught in a Killing Zone' Author: Colin Smith, URL: 6489:

https://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/story_4.htm#enemy%20camp

5762:

Military Cross (MC) Martin James Knight-Willis, URL:

5577:

Military Cross (MC) Martin James Knight-Willis, URL:

5537:

4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Operations - Operation Federal URL:

5153:

https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/memory/one-sided-firefight

5008:

4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Operations - Operation Sceptre URL:

4838:

4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Operations - Operation Merino, URL:

3432:

http://truewarstories.com/stories/fragging-is-murder/

1828: 1603:, an independent Search and destroy mission into the 1223:

On 11 May, following a request from the Americans at

75:

to South Vietnam in a combat role. Being part of the

8367:

The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History

7929:

http://www.au104.org/Veteran_Stories/vetstory58.html

7775:

http://www.au104.org/Veteran_Stories/vetstory59.html

7575:

https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/photo/1-platoon-v6-4rarnz

6206:(Australian War Memorial) retrieved 30 November 2019 6197:

https://www.awm.gov.au/visit/exhibitions/green-light

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1969-1970 were from mines taken from the minefield.

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Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

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In September the Australian government committed an

7867:(extract from a draft book on the battle of Nui Le) 6088: 4758:'Operation TOAN THANG II (13 Jun – 3 Jul 68)' URL: 3524:(Australian War Memorial) Retrieved 10 January 2020 3352:

https://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/story_11.htm#Equipment

2745:

W3 Coy, less 2Pl and mortars, independent operation

722:

Formation of ANZAC Battalion, March 1968 – May 1968

8175: 7878:https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/battle-nui-le 6598:https://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/timeline_mortars3.htm 5667:(Australian War Memorial) Retrieved 7 January 2020 5274:Military Cross (MC) Lindsay George Williams, URL: 4656:(Australian War Memorial) Retrieved 7 January 2020 4239:(Australian War Memorial) Retrieved 7 January 2020 3282:https://apjjf.org/-Greg-Lockhart/2447/article.html 3092:(Australian War Memorial) Retrieved 7 January 2020 3072:(Australian War Memorial) Retrieved 7 January 2020 1939:, in the area of the Courtenay rubber plantation. 1881:of VC D445 Battalion for a total of 30 VC killed. 1189: 160:(5 RAR) to help establish a new permanent base at 8178:Vietnam: The Complete Story of the Australian War 8095: 7046:https://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/timeline7.htm#29_may 6369:http://www.v4coy.com/operation-with-the-arvn.html 5439: 2045:village however the Australians did not respond. 1778:, a food denial program conducted in the area of 772:A soldier from W Company, 2RAR/NZ (ANZAC) during 594:The most significant 1 ATF operation in 1968 was 446:(2 RAR) arrived from Australia to replace 6 RAR. 8566:Military units and formations of the Vietnam War 8552: 8462:. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen and Unwin. 8445:. Brookvale, New South Wales: Printcraft Press. 8249:"Some Notes on the Regular New Zealand Infantry" 6159:http://www.v4coy.com/operation-mundingburra.html 3719:Military Cross (MC) Anthony Gordon Howell, URL: 3430:'Fragging is Murder' Author: Brian Wilson, URL: 2319:W Coy with 1 AR, 3 Cav, 1 Fd Sqn RAE, 17 Con Sqn 734:conducted a cordon and search of the village of 553:during 22 and 23 December 1967, consisting of a 442:While the New Zealanders were at The Horseshoe, 7125:https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/pte-lc-jones 7026:https://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/book%20reviews.htm 6768:http://grunt-redux.atspace.eu/anzacs_smith1.htm 6195:'I was only 19 A Walk in the Light Green' URL: 5656:6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, URL: 4645:4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, URL: 4250:https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/resources/unit-notes 4228:2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, URL: 3999:3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, URL: 3818:https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/memory/tet-offensive 3664:(3rd Battalion RAR South Australia Association) 1533:captured during Operation Matilda, January 1970 1313:Operation Mundingburra: the deadliest operation 1251:After the new battalion's shakedown operation, 1025:This would be Whisky Company's last operation. 689:, the Australian government sent two troops of 621:fire. The VC withdrew following the arrival of 7223:'September 1970 - W3 COMPANY ACTIVITIES' URL: 6010: 6008: 4151:http://www.hq1atf.org/1%20ATF%20Operations.pdf 3370:'Kiwi contact with Viet Cong DPR/TV/624' URL: 2989:' Memories of Viet Nam - Wayne Robson ', URL: 1912:4RAR/NZ (ANZAC) sign at Nui Dat, November 1971 1014:V3 Company also did an independent operation: 8159:. McCrae, Victoria: Slouch Hat Publications. 7163:'Ko Tahi Tatau - 3 Platoon V5 Company', URL: 6617:http://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/story_4.htm#enemy 5568:(NZ Gazette Number 62 dated 16 October 1969 ) 3949:(NZ Gazette Number 65 dated 17 October 1968 ) 3730:(NZ Gazette Number 65 dated 17 October 1968 ) 3103:https://www.raasc.org.au/content/5%20Coy.html 2084:1 ATF units withdraw from Nui Dat to Vung Tau 1701:to join 2RAR/NZ's first battalion operation: 1517:The first operation for 1970 by 6 RAR/NZ was 500:concluded the following day, on 3 September. 476:V Company's next operation with 2 RAR was in 8421: 8388:. Auckland, New Zealand: Exisle Publishing. 7015:(Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia) 6469:https://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/support_elm.htm 5462:(NZ Gazette Number 62 dated 16 October 1969) 4439:(NZ Gazette Number 65 dated 17 October 1968) 4100:(NZ Gazette Number 65 dated 17 October 1968) 3836: 3350:'Equipment and Weapons - Bruce Young', URL: 3190: 3166: 1787:was killed in the blast, the only fatality. 645:other three 3 RAR rifle companies continued 8345: 8173: 8120:: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( 8100:. Enoggera, Queensland: 9 RAR Association. 7293:https://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/timeline12.htm 7225:https://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/timeline11.htm 7143:Military Medal (MM) Robert Wayne Day, URL: 7002:(www.w3vietnam.org.nz - W3 Service Stories) 6547:DECEMBER 1969 - W3 COMPANY ACTIVITIES URL: 6509:http://www.v4coy.com/operation-marsden.html 6329:http://www.v4coy.com/operation-burnham.html 6005: 3372:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su0A9pmnBfw 3202: 3112:(5 Company RAASC) Retrieved 10 January 2020 2674:W3 Company mortar section, with B Coy 6 RAR 1405:and then later that night again with 155mm 453:V Company's first operation with 2 RAR was 450:Zealand HQ V Force Headquarters in Saigon. 110:. New Zealand committed a battery from the 8135:. Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force. 8128: 7755:https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1159951 7291:October 1970 - W3 COMPANY ACTIVITIES URL: 7183:'On patrol - memoir of Ruka Hudson', URL: 7065:https://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/timeline8.htm 6922:https://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/timeline6.htm 6852:"6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment" 6833:https://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/timeline5.htm 6549:https://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/timeline2.htm 6269:http://www.v4coy.com/operation-tekapo.html 5824:https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1233608 5588:(NZ Gazette Number 20 dated 2 April 1970 ) 5519:https://www.5rar.asn.au/tours/2nd_tour.htm 5427: 4760:https://www.1rar.org.au/vietnam-1968-1969/ 4410:https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1277620 4248:New Zealand Component (NZ Component) URL: 4210:https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/photo/alan-haua 3776: 3774: 3655:http://www.3rar.com.au/3rarhistory.html#v1 2718:V4 Coy with 6 RAR (later joined by W3 Coy) 487:V Company's next operation with 2 RAR was 8283: 7941: 7836:'Journal Entry - 18 September 1971' URL: 6858:. Australian War Memorial. 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(2000). 6220:. Australian War Memorial. 4208:'Alan 'Smiley' Haua', URL: 2715:(20 March – 23 April 1970) 2572:(15 July – 14 August 1969) 2308:W Coy independent operation 2113:Khmer National Armed Forces 1046:Courtenay rubber plantation 840:Operation Cooktown Orchid I 821:Operation Cooktown Orchid V 102:(1ALSG) was established at 96:armoured personnel carriers 94:(1 RAR), and a squadron of 32:(South Vietnam) during the 10: 8582: 8535:. United Kingdom: Osprey. 8318:27 (Machine Gun) Battalion 8096:9 RAR Association (1992). 7990:HQ V Force Veterans, URL: 7321:Retrieved 30 November 2019 6607:Retrieved 30 November 2019 4968:Operation Hawkesbury URL: 4878:'Operation Lyrebird' URL: 4685:Pte Campbell Keelan, URL: 4676:(Whisky Company 1967-1968) 4168:1 Armoured Regiment, URL: 3859:. 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7903:"Operations in 1971" 7267:www.w3vietnam.org.nz 6683:on 18 February 2011. 6185:on 18 February 2011. 5628:"Arrival in Vietnam" 5232:on 18 February 2011. 3798:on 14 September 2009 3450:'Jumping Jack' URL: 3216:"Phuoc Tuy Province" 2917:V6 Coy: 1 KIA, 5 WIA 2893:V1 Coy: 1 KIA, 3 WIA 2713:Operation Townsville 2702:Operation Waipounamu 2583:(26–28 August 1969) 2521:Operation Overlander 2499:Operation Toan Thang 2466:Operation Capital II 2422:Operation Hawkesbury 2411:Operation Innamincka 2143:Operation Paddington 2132:Operation Wellington 1954:Battle of Long Khánh 1721:Operation Cung Chung 1654:Operation Townsville 1642:one-time cipher pads 1637:Operation Townsville 1623:Operation Townsville 1601:Operation Waipounamu 1568:Operation Hammersley 1297:, with no contacts. 1225:Blackhorse Base Camp 1183:Operation Overlander 1086:Operation Capital II 996:Operation Hawkesbury 988:Operation Innamincka 685:In the last week of 484:Zealand casualties. 455:Operation Paddington 421:Operation Wellington 406:M72 rocket launchers 337:"jumping jack" mines 272:Hat Dich secret zone 253:Long Khánh Provinces 221:ready reaction force 8512:Breen, Bob (1988). 8315:Kay, Robin (1958). 7909:on 18 February 2011 6148:(Whiskey Two ANZAC) 5864:"Operation Waiouru" 3929:, pp. 204–206. 3757:The Horseshoe URL: 3472:"108 Field Battery" 3260:'A Minefield' URL: 3181:, pp. 222–225. 2880:(6–16 October 1971) 2878:Operation Southward 2860:Operation Northward 2751:Operation Capricorn 2704:(18–20 March 1970) 2680:Operation Horseshoe 2647:Operation Bluewater 2501:(20-23 March 1969) 2405:W Coy, 1 Fd Sqn RAE 2400:Operation Lyre Bird 2391:(1-13 August 1968) 2354:Operation Kosciusko 2305:(25–26 March 1968) 2098:Operation Southward 2009:Operation Northward 1991:Operation Northward 1970:concluded 27 July. 1715:Operation Capricorn 1703:Operation Capricorn 1512:Operation Bluewater 1442:General Thomas Daly 1416:6 RAR/NZ commenced 1227:, the home base of 981:Operation Lyre Bird 961:Operation Lyre Bird 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1968 592: 540: 351: 346: 324: 229: 211:, stationed at 150: 53: 45:Australian Army 12: 11: 5: 8579: 8569: 8568: 8563: 8548: 8547: 8541: 8528: 8522: 8508: 8506: 8503: 8501: 8500: 8474: 8468: 8455: 8438: 8432: 8419: 8413: 8400: 8394: 8381: 8375: 8362: 8356: 8343: 8312: 8281: 8244: 8238: 8225: 8212: 8194: 8189:978-1741750287 8188: 8171: 8165: 8152: 8126: 8106: 8092: 8090: 8087: 8085: 8084: 8075: 8064: 8062: 8059: 8056: 8055: 8053:, p. 189. 8043: 8023: 8003: 7983: 7963: 7940: 7920: 7882: 7869: 7849: 7829: 7809: 7779: 7766: 7746: 7726: 7706: 7687: 7676: 7636: 7606: 7586: 7566: 7547: 7507: 7487: 7467: 7447: 7427: 7407: 7389: 7343: 7323: 7303: 7284: 7254: 7235: 7216: 7196: 7176: 7156: 7136: 7116: 7076: 7056: 7037: 7017: 7004: 6991: 6982: 6952: 6932: 6913: 6873: 6843: 6824: 6778: 6759: 6719: 6706: 6686: 6668: 6628: 6609: 6589: 6559: 6540: 6520: 6500: 6480: 6460: 6420: 6380: 6360: 6340: 6320: 6300: 6280: 6260: 6253: 6235: 6208: 6188: 6170: 6150: 6130: 6087: 6047: 6004: 5964: 5924: 5905: 5885: 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