Photos Aussies and Kiwi's in Vietnam

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1966. Gunners of 101st Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), carry a 105mm pack howitzer to the Australian Task Force (ATF) base after it has been brought back on a Chinook helicopter at the end of a field operation.

 

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Infantrymen from 6RAR by their showers, 1969. [Image courtesy of Peter Fischer]

 

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Gordon reading the Op Orders on the 'throne' on Nui Dat Hill. Photo supplied by Ned Tindale [1966]

 

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Gordon Hastie burning the shitter on Nui Dat Hill. Photo supplied by Ned Tindale [1966]

 

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Ned's home on Nui Dat Hill. Photo supplied by Ned Tindale [1966]

 

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104 Sig Sqn accommodation tents at Nui Dat. Photo supplied by Ken Gregson (Detachment 110 Sig Sqn) [1971]

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. c. 1966. Soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) line up at the open air shower point set amongst the rubber trees. The base camp for 6RAR is set up in a rubber plantation. Note the petrol immersion heater and the shower buckets.(Donor W. Cox)

 

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Nice pics @Skyline Drive

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. c. 1966. Two soldiers from 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) begin to set up living quarters amongst the rubber trees of a young plantation, an area used for the base camp for 6RAR. (Donor W. Cox)

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. June 1966. Barbed wire entanglements surround the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) base camp at Nui Dat which was set up in a rubber plantation. Note the curved piece of tin attached to the tree to guard against the flash if the trip flare, placed to the left of the tree, was set off. (Donor W. Cox)

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. c. 1966. Inside one of the tents of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) old 105mm ammunition boxes have been improvised as desks and storage. Note the tape recorder player and the full magazine for a self-loading rifle (SLR). The tent is surrounded by sandbags which add extra protection. The base camp for 6RAR is set up in a rubber plantation. (Donor W. Cox)

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. c. 1967. An Iroquois (Huey) helicopter parked on the right at the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) base camp pad is one of No. 9 Squadron RAAF helicopters. The Sioux helicopter on the right is from 161 Independent Reconnaissance Flight. Both helicopters flew in to the camp daily to support 6RAR, providing operational re-supply, troop movement, casualty evacuation and many other tasks. There are water cans lined up beside the Huey probably waiting for loading to re-supply the battalion out on an operation. Note the rubber trees in the background as 6RAR camp is set in a rubber plantation. (Donor W. Cox)

 

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Kanga Pad, Nui Dat with SAS Hill in the background

 

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NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-01. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS BRACE THEMSELVES AS A GIANT US ARMY CHINOOK HELICOPTER CHURNS THE DUST AT THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE (1ATF) BASE. THE TROOPS WERE BEING LIFTED OUT ON AN OPERATION.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-03. As US Army Iroquois helicopters swoop in to pick up members of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base, Private Doug Poole of Athol Park, SA, maintains radio contact with the pilots. The troops were being lifted south of the Task Force Base to the Long Hai Hills, where Operation Pinnaroo was underway.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-03. Troops from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), hurry into waiting US Army Iroquois helicopters at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat. They were then lifted south of the Base to the Long Hai Hills where Operation Pinnaroo was underway.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-01. Brothers Russell (left) and Richard Martin repair a radio set at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base. Both are members of the 104th Australian Signal Squadron.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-01. Australian troops from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base leave aboard an M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC). The troops were engaged in an operation against the Viet Cong. Note the picture of a kangaroo painted on the APC to the left and the word `Westland

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. c. 8 March 1968. Iroquois helicopters line up along Luscombe airfield at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base, before lifting troops from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), into the Long Hai Hills for Operation Pinnaroo.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. c. 8 March 1968. 'Pathfinder' Corporal Ivan Sinclair of Dorrigo, NSW, directs the landing of Iroquois helicopters onto the Luscombe airfield at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base. The choppers were about to lift 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) troops into the Long Hai Hills to the south for the beginning of Operation Pinnaroo.