Operation Coburg
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Operation Coburg was an Australian and New Zealand military action during the Vietnam War. The operation saw heavy fighting between the 1st Australian Task Force and North Vietnamese People's Army of
An Australian digger searching the body of a dead Viet Cong soldier following an ambush
Australian Iroquois helicopter from No. 9 Squadron RAAF inserting troops during the battle
New Zealanders from W Coy, RNZIR patrolling during Operation Coburg, February 1968
An Australian SASR patrol
Ronald Laurence Hughes
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Major General Ronald Laurence Hughes, was a senior infantry officer in the Australian Army, seeing service during the Second World War, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Joining the Australian Army
Brigadier Hughes with Paul Hasluck, the Minister for External Affairs, in South Vietnam in 1967