Photos Aussies and Kiwi's in Vietnam

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12 Jan 1967. The South Vietnamese Premier, Air Vice Marshall (AVM) Nguyen Cao Ky, whilst on his ‘getting to know you tour’ of the Australian Task Force at Nui Dat, visits the United States (US) Artillery men who are supporting the Task Force. The US Artillery men are using 155mm tracked Howitzers.

 

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12 Jan 1967. The South Vietnamese Premier, Air Vice Marshall (AVM) Nguyen Cao Ky, whilst on his ‘getting to know you tour’ of the Australian Task Force at Nui Dat, visits the United States (US) Artillery men who are supporting the Task Force. Members of the VIP party are issued with cotton wool ear plugs before the big guns were fired at a nearby hill.

 

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12 Jan 1967. The South Vietnamese Premier, Air Vice Marshall (AVM) Nguyen Cao Ky, whilst on his ‘getting to know you tour’ of the Australian Task Force at Nui Dat, visits the United States (US) Artillery men who are supporting the Task Force. Members of the VIP party are issued with cotton wool ear plugs before the big guns were fired at a nearby hill.

 

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12 Jan 1967. The South Vietnamese Premier, Air Vice Marshall (AVM) Nguyen Cao Ky, having completed his ‘getting to know you tour’ of the Australian Task Force (1ATF) at Nui Dat, says farewell to 33113 Group Captain (Gp Capt) Peter Frank Raw, at the helipad at 1ATF, prior to his return to Saigon

 

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NUI DAT, VIETNAM, 1967-07. AT HIS EASEL WAR ARTIST LIEUTENANT (LT) BRUCE FLETCHER OF GLEN IRIS, VIC, PUTS THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO HIS OIL PORTRAIT PAINTING OF PRIVATE JIM MOLONY OF CAMOOWEAL, QLD, A MACHINE GUNNER. LT FLETCHER WEARS A PLASTER CAST ON HIS LEG AS HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDED IN THE FOOT WHEN A CAPTURED ENEMY WEAPON WAS BEING STACKED AND DISCHARGED.

 

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1968. Five members of 2nd Squadron, Special Air Service, (SAS), boarding a 9 Squadron, RAAF, UH-1H Iroquois helicopter at Kanga Pad, Nui Dat.

 

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1968. An unidentified Australian Officer standing in front of the underground Regimental Aid Post (RAP) bunker set amongst the rubber trees at Nui Dat.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-06. RAAF aircrew walking along `main street' - the track connecting the helicopter pad and the standby room. Note the barbed wire entanglement perimeter defence.

 

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NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM, 1967. CLOSE-UP OF TRENCH SHOWN IN P467/04/01. THIS TRENCH WAS FOR DRAINAGE AND PROTECTION, AND WAS USUALLY HALF FULL OF WATER DURING THE WET SEASON. (DONOR: D. SABBEN).

 

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VIETNAM. HEADQUARTERS NO 4 BATTALION THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT AND NEW ZEALAND (ANZAC) BATTALION AT NUI DAT.

 

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1970. The interior of a tent at 1 Ordnance Field Park (1OFP) lines at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat. An unidentified soldier is writing at an improvised desk at left, and the locker at centre has been decorated with pinup posters.

 

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1967. The ANKPQ M1 radar of 131 Divisional Locating Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, located at Nui Dat Base. The ANKPQ M1 radar was used, with limited success, to locate enemy mortars by tracking incoming mortar rounds.

 

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1968. The blue sign at the entrance to the Headquarters building of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), at Nui Dat. It is positioned between two rubber trees and straddles the footpath that leads to the door.

 

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NUI DAT, VIETNAM, C. 1969-04. ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS MOVING THROUGH THE BASE. (DONOR S. O'BRIEN)

 

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1968. A reinforced perimeter defence bunker at the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) lines at Nui Dat.

 

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UI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM, 1967. LINES OF D COMPANY, 6TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), CONSISTING OF TWO ROWS OF TENTS, SANDBAGGED TO HIP HEIGHT. DRAINAGE AND PROTECTION TRENCH AT LEFT.

 

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NUI DAT, VIETNAM, C. 1969-04. IROQUOIS HELICOPTER AMBULANCE ON LANDING PAD.

 

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NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968. THE TENT LINES OF HEADQUARTERS 4TH BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT, FROM THE SUPPORT COMPANY LINES.

 

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NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968. ENTRANCE TO THE HEADQUARTERS AREA OF 4TH BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT. THE UNIT SIGN IS ON THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD.