Photos Aussies and Kiwi's in Vietnam

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. February 1971. Corporal Dick Fraser, 21, of Walkerston, Qld, a steward at the 1st Australian Task Force Base (1ATF) at Nui Dat, carrying two metal Foster's Lager trays laden with glasses.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. March 1971. Defence Minister, Mr John G. Gorton (left), speaks with some of the soldiers at the 1st Australian Task Force Base (1ATF) in Nui Dat during his three day visit to South Vietnam.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. May 1971. Sergeant Les Idiens, an air traffic controller with 161 Independent Reconnaissance Flight at Nui Dat, issues instructions and information to an approaching Caribou transport about to touch down at Luscombe Field. Sergeant Idiens had to pass information to the incoming Wallaby flight and then warn the three aircraft he had on circuit around the field of the Caribou's approach.

 

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NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-05. TROOPS WITH THE ADVANCE PARTY OF THE 2ND BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (2RAR), BOARD AMERICAN C-123 AIRCRAFT AT LUSCOMBE AIRSTRIP ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THEIR RETURN TO AUSTRALIA AFTER A TWELVE MONTH TOUR OF DUTY. THE MAIN BODY OF THE BATTALION WAS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO AUSTRALIA ABOUT MID-JUNE.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. August 1970. The checkered flag is dropped for Craftsman Darryl (Jack) Horner of Brooklyn Park, SA, as he crosses the finishing line in the Nui Dat 'Grand Prix'. Go-kart racing, in machines built from salvaged engines and scrap parts, is a popular sport with the soldiers. The flagman is 48701 Corporal (Cpl) Fred S. Santich of Broken Hill, NSW, and behind him is the time-keeper, Cpl Phil James of Braddon, ACT.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. December 1970. Sharing a joke with a soldier is Lorrae Desmond, star of the Lorrae Desmond Sydney Show. Here she comperes the show at the Luscombe Bowl in Nui Dat, one of the bases visited during the two week tour entertaining Australian and American soldiers in the war zone.

 

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Nui Dat South Vietnam. 1967-07. Minister for the Army, Malcolm Fraser (centre) visits the 1st Australian Task Force Base (1ATF) at Nui Dat during his five day tour of Australian bases. Accompanying Mr Fraser is Bruce White, Secretary, Department of the Army (right) and Lieutenant Colonel Martin Terence Tripp, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV).

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1967-07. Minister for the Army, Malcolm Fraser (left) visits the 1st Australian Task Force Base (1ATF) at Nui Dat during his five day tour of Australian bases. Accompaning Mr Fraser is Bruce White, Secretary, Department of the Army (second from left) and Brigadier D. (Tim) Vincent.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-10. A touch football game between A and D Companies of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), was held at the battalion's base camp at Nui Dat. The match ended in a 1-all draw. The mud didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the players, seen here is Private Wayne Hodge of Newcastle, NSW, collapsed onto one knee after the game. He was a member of A Company and is wearing the Eastern Suburbs League Club's jumper.

 

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Vietnam. 1967. The officers' mess annex at the 1st Australian Task Force Base in Nui Dat. This timber construction was erected by troops of the Defence and Employment Platoon of the Task Force Headquarters.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-10. Melbourne singer and dancer, Denise Drysdale performs on stage entertaining troops.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-10. Melbourne entertainer Patti McGrath performs a dance routine on stage, entertaining troops gathered at an outdoor venue.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-10. Enjoying a drink after inspecting amenities is Major General J. Stevenson, Chairman of the Australian Forwarding Officer (AFO) Fund Committee.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1967-09. An improvised twin .30 calibre machine gun mount. This mount was not adopted for official use.

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1967-09. An improvised twin .30 calibre machine gun mount. This mount was not adopted for official use.

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good ideal!

Questions
- Aussies and Kiwis went to a secret mission inNorth Vietnam,Laos,Cambodia,Thailand?
- some Aussies and Kiwis veterans went to Rhodesia and/or South Arica for the Bush war?

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967. South Vietnam's Prime Minister, Air Vice Marshal Cao Ky, rides in an Army vehicle during a tour of the 1st Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat. Accompanying the Prime Minister is the Task Force Commander, Brigadier S. C. Graham (left) and the Commander, AAFV, Air Commodore L. Dowling, (at rear, partly obscured).

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Graham made one of the biggest F*** ups of the war, he had a massive mine field installed, didn't ensure that it was properly observed and the VC used it as a munitions store. Ultimately nearly half of our casualties were due to this peanut.

Denise Drysdale

Old ding dong Drysdale, Denise is still a mainstay on TV, she just broke her shoulder filming an episode of Holey Moley with Rob Riggle.

Questions
- Aussies and Kiwis went to a secret mission inNorth Vietnam,Laos,Cambodia,Thailand?
- some Aussies and Kiwis veterans went to Rhodesia and/or South Arica for the Bush war?

AATTV would have gone into some different places. But the bulk (99.999%) of Australian operations were carried out in the South of South Vietnam in Phuoc Tuy Province.

Australia wasn't involved in South African or Rhodesian bush wars, although we did have a few people monitoring the peace in Rhodesia in 79/80.

From the Archives, 1979: Australian peacekeeping forces deployed in Rhodesia

In 1979, Australian peacekeepers began taking up positions in some of Rhodesia’s most sensitive areas. It was announced that Australian soldiers would oversee five of the 16 places at which Patriotic Front guerillas would assemble in the delicate ceasefire monitoring operation.

www.theage.com.au

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-10. The strength in Phuoc Tuy and surrounding provinces. Gathering of American, South Vietnamese and Australian senior officers to farewell Brigadier Stuart Graham (fourth from the right).

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-10. Private John Cowper of Killara, NSW, and the Australian Reinforcement Unit (ARU), supervises a Vietnamese soldier during weapons training on the beach.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1966-12. Sergeant John Schmidt of Sans Souci, NSW, hangs a traditional Christmas decoration over a map in Task Force headquarters.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1970. Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) troops from the 161st Independent Recce Flight working on an Army Sioux helicopter.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1970. Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) troops from the 161st Independent Recce Flight working on an Army Sioux helicopter.