6 RAR 2nd Tour 1969 to 1970. Battle of Binh Ba 6th to 8th June 169. In their second tour, the Battalion fought the Battle of Binh Ba. The village of Binh Ba was located approximately six kilometres north of 1 ATF. It had been occupied by a large enemy force, later identified as the 1st Battalion of the 33 NVA Regiment which was guided by the local Binh Ba guerrilla VC unit. Following an initial assault by D Company (phase 1) a further infantry sweep (phase 2) supported by tanks and armoured personal carriers, engaged in close quarter fighting for the remainder of the day. The battle raged from house to house with an intensity rarely equalled during any period of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. By the end of the day, the enemy had suffered heavy causalities and were defeated. 5RAR was awarded a Battle Honour for this action. An Information Board of a Schematic drawing and two colour photos with description of Battle of Binh Ba 6th to 8th June 1969. Two other photos of other actions of 2nd tour. Tiger emblem on black V. Black text on white background Under the bottom black and white photograph reads: Survivors of a land mine disaster on the 15th of June 1969. D Company 12 Platoon 5 RAR suffered heavy casualties due a land mine detonation at Dat Do. Pictured are the six survivors. Rear Private W Morgan, Private A Tuckfield, Front B Savige, Lance Corporal R Chaplin, Lance Corporal R Knapp, Private A Van Hulst.dat do, 5 rar, pte w.morgan, pte a. tuckfield, pte b. savage, pte a van hulet, l/cpl r. chaplin, l/cpl r knapp, poster, information board, battle of binh ba, 12 platoon, 33 nva regiment, viet cong, battle honour, 1 atf, pte william morgan, 1201663, royal australian infantry corps, 8th battalion, pte allan david tuckfield, 4720252, 1 australian reinforcement unit, australian national serviceman, 5th battalion, pte bruce ronald savige, 3793395, l/cpl raymond michael chaplin, 2789408, cpl (temp) raymond michael chaplin, l/cpl raymond john knapp, 2789701, pte arnoldus johanus van hulst, 2790009

An Poster, Information Board of The 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment ("Battalion") were the leading element of the First Australian Task Force (1 ATF) and stationed in Vietnam from 1966 - 1967. The Battalion's task was to break Viet Cong control over the central region of Phuoc Tuy Province - an area that communists had freely operated in since 1945. See media for more information Commencing of the 24th May 1966, the Battalion conducted its first operation codenamed "Hardihood". Their objective was to sweep and clear areas of the north and east of Nui Dat to a distance of 5000 meters, then create a defensive position to enable 1 ATF to establish an operational base.5 rar, 1 atf, viet cong, phuoc tuy province, nui dat, nui thai vai mountains, 274 vc regiments, 275 vc regiments, military awards, operation canberra, operation queanbeyan, operation hardihood, poster, information board, battle of binh ba, 1st australian task force, hat dich, bien hoa province, may tao mountains, 33 nva regiment, capt david symon wilkins, 235241, royal australian infantry corps, the royal australian regiment

An information board of the 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment conducted sixteen major operation and numerous company sized sweep during its second tour. Cordons and search, search and destroy, ambush, and clearing patrols were conducted at company, platoon and sectional levels. See media for more information.poster, information board, 5 rar, battle of binh ba, battle honour, 1 atf, nui thai vai mountains, phuoc tuy province, viet cong, 33 nva regiment, guerrilla warfare, may tao mountains, hat dich, capt d s wilkins, capt david symon wilkins, 235241, royal australian infantry corps, 5th battalion

This item was donated by Sgt Derrill Vivian de Heer (37643) who served with the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. He was in Vietnam with 8th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment from Nov 1969 to April 1970, 1st Psychological Operations Unit from April 1970 to November 1970 and 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment from September 1971 to December 1971.A Copy of The Viet Cong Easter Offensive, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, April - June 1972 by Derrill de Heersgt derril vivian de heer, 37643, royal australian infantry corps, 8th battalion, the royal australian regiment, 1st psychological operations unit, 4th battalion, the easter offensive, phuoc tuy province, president nixon, president nguyen van thieu, us ambassador ellsworth bunker, nui dat, vung tau, 1st australian task force, battle of nui le, 274 vc regiments, 33 nva regiment, d445 battalion (nva/vietcong), arvn, nva, dong khoi operation, 74th north vietnamese army (nva), 4 rar/nz (anzac), baria, long kanh province, galia rubber plantation, binh ba, lt col bich - province chief, xuyen moc, 5th ranger group - south vietnamese, long le district village, hoa long