Commemorating the 43rd Anniversary Of the Battle of Long Tan 18th august 1966 and Remembering the Battle of Binh Ba during the period 6-8 June 1969.vietnam veteran's day, melbourne shrine of remembrance, 43rd anniversary, battle of long tan, battle of binh ba, victorian branch of the vietnam veterans association of australia, royal australian infantry corps, 5th battalion, royal australian regiment, 1 armoured regiment, apc's, 3 cav regt, australian forces, the tiger battalion, brigadier colin kahn, 5 rar, major ian charles teague, 35803, australian army training team vietnam (aattv), 1st special air service sqnuadron

Small poster of the "Hat Dich BunkerBattle" - 10 Nov 1969 Tracker Platoon 5RAR - The "Tiger" battalion synopsis with inset tiger pictureposter, 5 rar, the tiger barralion

A yellow board with black texts in two paragraphs about 5RAR's Mascot5RAR was raised on the 1st March 1965 and it was decreed that its colours would be black and gold. Due to this decree, the tiger was adopted as the unit mascot partly because it's traits included aggressiveness, courage, stealth and team work, all of which were desireable qualities for an infantry battalion. Prior to the battalion completing it's first tour in May 1967, MAJ John Miller of the advance party had arranged with the Director of the Taronga Park Zoo for a Sumatran tiger cub to be known as Quintus, to meet the battalion when arrived at Garden Island on board the HMAS Sydney 12th May 1967. The cub was enlisted on the day (regimental numer TF005) then marched with the battalion through the streets of Sydney. the current battalion mascot is a Bengal Tiger named Quintus Rama enlisted 27th Sept 2012.5 rar, mascot, poster, information board

A black and white page with three images: one whows two soldiers and two dogs, one shows two men in costume of a pig and a tiger, one shows taking care of his bootsThe Pigs (They're proud of their names) go to war. A battle eager. New Battalion is on the move to Vietnamthe pig battalion, dogs - war use, pte tom blackhurst, justin tracker dog, cassius tracker dog, 7 rar, article, clippings

Two full size B&W photocopied pages of a newspaper story from The Sun (Sydney) dated Friday 12 May, 1967. Front page story includes photo of some members of 5th Battalion lined up on deck of HMAS Sydney on their return home.Heading - THE 'TIBERS' COME HOMEtigers, 5th battalion, newspapers

The plaque is made of very dark wood, the symbol of the tiger and the crown is on the shield of the centre of the plaque. The writing "The Royal Leicestershire Regiment" is in the centre bottom.

non-fictionThe Siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days in 1941. Tobruk was the only harbour between Bengazi and Alexandria and became crucial in preventing Rommel's sweep to the Nile. Tobruk was captured in 1941 and became a beleagured fortress until its garrison was relieved in November 1941. Churchill and his War Cabinet had declared that "Tobruk must be held to the death". The Australians under Major General Morshead fought like tigers . Nazi propaganda radio broadcasts spoke contemptuously of the Tobruk defenders as ‘rats’. In defiance, the soldiers proudly adopted this nickname and have been known by it ever since. During the siege, they designed their own medals, in the shape of a rat, made from the scrap metal of a downed German aeroplane. Anthony Heckstalk-Smith who was himself a Flotilla Officer the "A" Lighters which provided supplies to the garrison, researched evidence from officers of all units involved - Australian, South African, German and British to write this controversial story of men in battle.world war 11, rats of tobruk, tobruk, siege of tobruk, arthur lock

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of Maj Lorrae Desmond hams it up in a camoflague 'tiger suit' wearing the ATF's US Army Air Ops Liason officer Maj Bob Mew's hat.photograph, lorrae desmond, entertainment, gibbons collection catalogue, maj bob mew, us army air ops liasion officer, denis gibbons

On the 15th February, 1969, 5 RAR returned to South Vietnam for its second tour of operations. vietnam war, 5 rar, australian army, armed forces of the united states, south vietnamese, royal australian air force, phuoc tuy province

On the 15th February, 1969, 5 RAR returned to South Vietnam for its second tour of operations. vietnam war, 5th battalion, the royal australian regiment

This item is part of a collection donated by Helmut Grzegozewski (Ziggy) who served in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment from December 1967 to November 1968 A laminated copy of two black and white photographs of North Vietnamese soldiers who were captured at FSB Balmoral in May 1968. There is also a coloured cut out image of a tiger on the top right corner.captured nva viet cong sapper, viet cong, grzegozewski, helmut, ziggy, fsb balmoral, 39121, royal australian infantry corps, 3rd battalion, the royal australian regiment