Photos Aussies and Kiwi's in Vietnam

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-05. Officers were kept busy clearing trenches and sand-bagging weapon pits around the Headquarters Officers' Mess. Lieutenant Tim Bales of Newcastle, NSW, hard at work digging with his shovel.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-05. Officers were kept busy clearing trenches and sand-bagging weapon pits around the Headquarters Officers' Mess. Lieutenant Jim Levens of Wahgunyah, Vic, hard at work with his shovel.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-04. The Minister for the Army, Phillip Lynch, watches Craftsman John King of West Beach, SA, working in the electronic section of the 106th Field Workshops, during a visit to the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1967. Artillery command post at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base. Note how the communications equipment has been placed within a trench and an operator stands to the right of the pit.

 

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1968. Screen at the entrance to the Officers and Sergeants Club for 102 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), at the 1st Australian Task Force (ATF) base. The screen displays the names of the unit and the club, and the Field Battery's motto.

 

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4 Feb 1969. An open tin shed provides the workroom for bare-chested members of 12 Section, 3 Cavalry Regiment, who are manufacturing tracks to be fitted on armoured personnel carriers (APCs).

 

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17 Jun 1969. Aerial view from a helicopter of the iron roofed sheds in which 3 Cavalry Regiment is housed near Kanga Pad in the 1 Australian Task Force (1ATF) base.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam, c. 1970-5. Australian M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) facing outwards on the perimeter fence of 1 Australian Task Force (1ATF) headquarters.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam, c. 1970-5. An RAAF Iroquois helicopter on a landing pad next to the Australian field ambulance based at 1 Australian Task Force (1ATF) headquarters. Note the red cross on the helicopter's port-side door.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam, c. 1970-5. A Pilatus Porter light aircraft, of the 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight, on a metal landing pad next the runway.

 

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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, Vietnam. April 1967. An aerial view of the 101st Field Battery, 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) position.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. February 1967. United States D model Iroquois helicopters (also known as Hueys) lined up on Luscombe airfield ready to transport members of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) to an operation.

 

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November 1971. A line of four M113A1 Fire Support Vehicles (FSV) driving along the sealed surface of Highway One as they withdraw from Nui Dat to Vung Tau. Note the bolted belly armour attached to the lead vehicle.

 

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1970. 1st Australian Field Hospital, (1AFH) Doctors and Nurses return from 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Barbeque, at Nui Dat for the second birthday celebrations of 1AFH.

 

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1970. 1st Australian Field Hospital, (1AFH) Doctors and Nurses return from 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Barbeque, at Nui Dat for the second birthday celebrations of 1AFH.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1967-12. Troops from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), exit from a Chinook helicopter on their arrival at the Task Force Base to being their 12 month tour of duty.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1967-12. Troops of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), cross Luscombe Airfield at the Task Force Base, after being lifted by Chinook helicopters from the troop transport, HMAS Sydney, to begin their 12 month tour of duty.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-01. Enjoying a can of Dixi Cola while chatting, are brothers Russell (left) and Richard Martin. Both are members of 104 Signal Squadron based with the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF).

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-04. Troops from 4th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), parade at a memorial service to honour gunners of the regiment who were killed in action in Vietnam.