{"html":"\u003cdiv class=\"timeline-details-description \"\u003e\n  \u003ch4 class=\"js-timeline-anchor timeline-anchor\"\u003eOperation Hawkesbury\u003c/h4\u003e\n  \u003ch4 class=\"tiny-mce-heading-color\"\u003eVietnam War - Operation Hawkesbury 4RAR  / 1 RAR September 1968\u003c/h4\u003e\r\n\u003ch4 class=\"tiny-mce-heading-color\"\u003e \u003c/h4\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA reconnaissance in force carried out in three stages, was one of the battalion's most successful operations.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe operation was conducted, initially, in AO Tuggerah.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe battalion moved into blocking positions east of Route Two on the western edge of the enemy zone known as the Thua Tich. 1 RAR then swept west.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTwo companies, V and W companies, then moved north to the area of the Don Dien de Courtenay rubber plantation, as a result of intelligence, to intercept a consignment of rockets believed to be moving from east to west.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe battalion, less these two companies who joined it later, was then moved to the area of the Blackstone Trail to carry out a reconnaissance in force in AO Canowindra.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n"}