Photos Aussies and Kiwi's in Vietnam

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@Bob Whittaker your mob up here ^.

 

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Great photos mate , thank you
I see you are sporting a trusty SLR, how did it fair out there?

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam, c. 1970. Vietnamese stone graves lying derelict just inside the perimeter fence at headquarters 1 Australian Task Force (1ATF)

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1966. Two members of 103 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, firing a 105mm L5 pack Howitzer from a gun pit at the 1st Australian Task Force

 

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A gun detachment from 102 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, firing an M2A2 105 mm Howitzer in Bien Hoa Provence, 1968

 

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HMAS Perth 1968 - VertRep in the Gulf of Tonkin.

 

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Soldiers of 1st Battalion (1RAR), The Royal Australian Regiment, on patrol in the scrub near Chinh Duc Village, Vietnam, 1965.

 

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Thanks @Conhoon
Left to right, Sergeant Jack Thompson, Mortar Fire Controller of D Company, the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), and Captain (Capt) Ian McLean-Williams, Second in charge of D Company, squatting in a rubber plantation as they examine a map the morning after the Battle of Long Tan. Capt McLean-Williams is taking a sighting using a compass. Vietnam, August 1966

 

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AATTV adviser (WO Kapp) congratulates Montagnard MIKE force soldier on his target shooting at Pleiku, 1968.

 

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A local Vietnamese woman finds interest in the M-60 helicopter machine gun manned by Australian 9 Squadron, RAAF Sergeant (Sgt) Gordon Dudley Buttriss, of Sefton, NSW. Sgt Buttriss was part of the helicopter crew that delivered the captured rice to a Vietnamese village for redistribution to villagers. June 1966

On 18 October 1966, a No 9 Squadron, Iroquois helicopter, A2-1018, was on a routine Army co-operation task named Operation Queanbeyan, when it crashed in difficult terrain on Nui Thi Vai Mountain, 12 miles north of Vung Tau, South Vietnam. On impact the Iroquois burst into flames - burning slowly. On board was 200 pounds of TNT and detonators, four crew members and two Army passengers. Sgt Buttriss, found himself unhurt after the crash and he quickly helped the two Army men, who both had broken legs, to safety. The only other person remaining in the wreckage was the co-pilot O33192 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Peter Montague Middleton, Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), Air Medal (US) of Black Rock, Vic. The Iroquois had come to rest with a two foot tree between Flt Lt Middleton's knees wedging him to the seat. In spite of the burning aircraft and the danger of the TNT exploding, Sgt Buttriss went to the aid of the co-pilot. Having torn the door of the aircraft off he was unable to move the seat back to free the co-pilot. Australian troops had seen the Iroquois crash and had fought their way through 300 yards of dense jungle to get to the wreckage. Sgt Buttriss and the troops tore away the twisted metal and were able to release Flt Lt Middleton and take him to the shelter of nearby boulders. The wreckage was then engulfed in flames and the fuel tanks exploded, igniting the TNT. Sgt Buttriss was awarded the George Medal (GM) on 16 February 1967

 

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Soldiers 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), alighting from an Iroquois helicopter on the landing zone, move back to Long Tan to set up a memorial cross and a commemorative service at the battle site.
South Vietnam - 18th August, 1969.

 

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Australian Army Aviation Corp, 161 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight 'Possums'
Nui Dat 1968

A1 408 fitted with Psyops loudspeaker gear

A1 394 being washed and also fitted with Psyops gear

A98-044 fitted with unauthorised rocket pods replacing the usual twin pods

Close up of 547 Sig troop radio location gear fitted to A98-063

A98 -063 departing on radio monitoring mission

Extensive damage to A98 -043 after forced landing

Remains of A1 400 at Nui Dat November 1967. Hit by a booby trapped device hidden in a tree, pilot and observer survived

 

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RNZAF Bristol Freighter at Nui Dat 1968

 

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Private John Gabelish, 26, of Perth WA, (left), and Private Colin Spies, 22, of Coomera, Qld, both members of C Company, 4RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), inspect a 57mm recoilless rifle captured by the men during their first operation since arriving in Vietnam. The weapon was recovered in the Nui Dinh Hills to the west of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat. June 1968