A GRUNTS VIEW

A Diggers viewpoint of being at the sharp end. Gained while serving with 3 Platoon - 'A' Company -7 Battalion (Infantry) Royal Australian Regiment, as a Rifleman in Australia's longest ever war - fought in South Viet Nam.  

Chapter 1 - Page 1 - Updated January 2008 - Next Page:- Site Introduction 2/35

 SITE MAP 

CHAPTER ONE

ADMINISTRATION

 Home

site map1

site intro 2

orderly room 3

announcements 4

books 5

student page 6

 ANZAC 7

memorial 8

CHAPTER TWO

INTRODUCTION TO OINK

intro to oink 9

 oink a digger 10

  7 battalion PIGS 11

 platoon set up 12

CHAPTER THREE

START OF TOUR

 arrival in viet 13

contact wait out 14

 enemy 15

 odd angry shot 16

 advance contact 17

CHAPTER FOUR

ENEMY ACTION

 bunker battle 18

night move 19

 mine incident 20

 ambush 21

CHAPTER FIVE

LEAVING VIETNAM

 end of tour 22

 service 23

my case 24

 PTSD 25

CHAPTER SIX

INFOMATION & IMAGES

 rar 26

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WELCOME TO 2008 & The SITE MAP & LATEST NEWS

  • The site is divided into Six (6) Chapters for easy Navigation
  • Chapter ONE:- Page 1 to 8, contains 'Administration' pages.
  •  The pages Eight to Twenty Four are my story. In a time line from 1969 to 1977.
  • Chapter TWO, are pages 8 to 11. An introduction to me.
  • Chapter THREE. Start of Viet Nam Tour - pages 12 to 16.
  • Chapter FOUR. Pages 17 to 20. Enemy Action.
  • Chapter FIVE. Leaving Viet Nam and my Service After the war. Pages 21 to 24.
  • Chapter SIX. Contains information and image pages.

CHAPTER ONE - ADMINISTRATION

 Home

Site Entry - Has Guestbook. {Complete}

site map - page 1 

Site Map of Homepage. {Complete}

site introduction - page 2

Introduction To Site. {Complete}

orderly room -  page 3

Overview of site.{Complete}

announcements - page 4

Changes to Site.{Complete}

books - page 5

Vietnam Book List. {Complete}

student page - page 6

Background to Vietnam.  Work Continues

ANZAC Legend - page 7

ANZAC Legend. {Complete}

Memorial -page 8

Memorial & Dedication.  {Complete}

 

 

 

NEW ITEMS PROGRESS REPORT & NEW DESIGN!

 I have now loaded my new site map structure and links from Chapter 1 through to the end of Chapter 5. Chapter 6 will be built and up-loaded as soon as I can build the pages.

CHAPTER TWO - Intoduction To OINK

introduction to oink - page 9 {Complete} new21.gif

#1 Early Years In Australia #2 Why This Homepage #3 ANZAC DAY 1969 #4 A Kid Goes Flying From #5 School to Heavy Industry #6A Soldiers Experince - KAPOOKA

oink becomes a digger - page 10 {Complete}

#1 Rookie Training: #2 Night Vision #3 Corps Allocation

7 Battalion the Pigs - page 11 {Complete} (NEW Info)

#1 Arrival at 7 Battalion: #2 Porkies People #3 Platoon Set Up

#4 Exercises - At Shoalwater Bay Queensland

 platoon set up 12 {Complete}

#1What is a Platoon? #2 Platoon Structure #3 Leaving for Vietnam

 

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This little 'new' tag will indicate where I have added more information or images to a page, which is different from the old design.

CHAPTER THREE - Start of Viet Nam Tour

 arrival in viet nam13

 #1 Sea Voyage #2 Nui Dat #3 365 day & a wakey #4 Ammo - Ammo - Everywhere #5 Basic Webbing

  #6 Water Bottles #7 Cups Canteen #8 Operations

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#1 Big Pack & Rations #2 Sleeping Gear #3 Operations #4 Partrol Orders Check List #5 My First Operation #6Contact Wait Out!

    the enemy in Phouc Tuy Province 15

#1 Phouc Tuy Province #2 D445 Battalion #3 MAP #4 Sky Images Link

  the odd angry shot 16

 #1Jungle Fighting #2 Sounds Of Silence #3 Tracks #4  Routine #5 EVERYMAN #6Horseshoe

#7 Close Call In The Jungle

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#1 Platoon Medic #2 Night Shoot At Brigid #3 The Night The Sky Lit Up

   

CHAPTER FOUR

ENEMY ACTION

CHAPTER FIVE

LEAVING VIET NAM

bunker battle 18 {Complete}

 end of viet nam tour 22 new21.gif

#1 The Horse Shoe #2 The Battle #3 Mopping Up

 #1 Last Operation #2 Leaving NDP Brigid

#4 No Rest For The Wicked #5 No End In Sight

 #3 Emu Bob at the Horse Shoe! #4 Nui Dat

night move long hais 19 {Complete}

#5  HMAS Sydney - SYDNEY Australia

#1 Ambush on Long Hais #2 Contact Wait Out

  my post viet nam army service 23 new21.gif

mine incident 9th December 1970 - 20

#1 My service with the Army #3 4 RNSWR

#1 Mine Incident #2 Back to NDP Brigid

  my disability case 24 new21.gif

ambush australian style 21 {Complete}

 #1 Then and Now

#1 Kill the enemy #2 Ambushing Aussie style

  PTSD 25 new21.gif

#3 Ambushing #4 VC in the Bag #5 Village Ambush

#1 Dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

 #6 CONTACT Wait Out!

  #2 My Story about the battle with PTSD

CHAPTER SIX EXTRA - INFORMATION & IMAGES

26 - Royal  Australian  Regiment

 (NEW) To be Built!

27 - 2/7th AIF:- WW1

 (NEW) To be Built!

28 - 7 Battalion AIF:- WW2

(NEW) To be Built!  

29 - 5/7 RAR Battalion:- Mechanised Infantry

(NEW) To be Built!

30 - 5/7 RAR Association

(NEW) To be Built!

31 - Sky Images #1{Complete}

 

32 - Images of Nui Dat & Equipment

This page is linked to Arrival in Viet Nam Page 13 

33- Awards

(NEW) To be Built!

34 -Awards #2

(NEW) To be Built!

  35 -POEMS

 (NEW) To be Built!

THIS SITE SALUTES THE ANZACS

THIS SITE SALUTES THE ANZACS THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE. THOSE DIGGERS WHO FOUGHT ON MANY A BATTLE FIELD IN THE SERVICE OF AUSTRALIA.

 

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