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Defence and Employment platoon soldiers fires on Vietcong attempting to ambush M113s

Description	English: Within an instant of emptying an M60 machine gun Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Leonard (Len) Ellcombe of Heidelberg, Vic, kneeling on an armoured personnel carrier (APC) grabs his M16 rifle and one-handed returns the fire of a Viet Cong (VC) group who attempted to ambush APCs. L/Cpl Ellcombe is a member of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Defence and Employment platoon, part of which was attached to the APCs of B squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment for a sweep of the area. The Australians had earlier killed eleven enemy in a night ambush, and in this action accounted for five more. Two rocket launchers, five rockets, and a new Communist Chinese pistol were captured.
Date	9 June 1969
Source	https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C37013
Author	Bellis, Christopher John

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