File:6RAR.NZ soldiers with captured SKS in Operation Matilda, February 1970.jpg

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6RAR.NZ soldiers with captured SKS in Operation Matilda, February 1970

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English: Binh Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1970. A dead enemy soldier and the capture of this Chinese Communist SKS rifle are the results of a contact between the Viet Cong (VC) and the Australians of Matilda Force in Vietnam. Examining the weapon are four of the men in the clash, left to right: Private (Pte) Ivan Heard of Cairns, Qld; Pte Graham Dwyer of Eidsvold, Qld; Corporal Ray Fell of Erskinville, NSW; Pte John Kerkman of Pooraka, SA. The soldiers were from B Company, of 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), which was providing infantry support for Operation Matilda, the biggest Australian armoured operation since World War II.
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Source https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C289623
Author Australian War Memorial

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