Photos Aussies and Kiwi's in Vietnam

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1966. An unidentified Australian soldier resting his hand on an L5 105 mm Pack Howitzer, which has been emplaced in a reinforced gun position at Nui Dat. Note the rubber trees in the background.

 

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1970. A scrap heap piled high with wrecked and discarded vehicles at 1st Australian Task Force base, Nui Dat.

 

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1970. Three Australian soldiers of 1 Ordnance Field Park (1OFP) relaxing outside a colourfully decorated trading post tent at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat. Standing at left is 218604 Richard 'Dick' Manfred Feverbach, while 2793653 Roland 'Rocky' Alexander Tyrrell (back to camera) laces his boots, and 5717014 Graham 'Graz' Ronald Spencer (partially obscured by chair) lies under a beach umbrella.

 

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Jan 1970. A cricket match being played at Eagle Farm, Nui Dat, by members of 85th Transport Platoon.

 

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1968. The 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) Headquarters lines set up in a shaded rubber plantation at Nui Dat. These accommodation tents have been reinforced with low walls of sand bags and the tent walls have been rolled up to let the breeze through.

 

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1968. An unidentified Australian soldier of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) fitting a Claymore mine around the perimeter of the 3RAR lines at Nui Dat. Claymore mines could be remotely detonated or rigged to a trip wire.

 

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American helicopters land on Luscombe Field, Nui Dat, Headquarters (HQ) of the 1st Australian Task Force (ATF) to transport troops of 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) to their area of operation (AO) during Operation Portsea on the morning of 21 March 1967.

 

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18 August 1966. Unidentified Australian troops watching Patricia Thompson (Little Pattie) and band, the Joye Boys, performing at Nui Dat. Identified band members, left to right: Norm Day, lead guitar; little Pattie, vocals; John Bogie, drums; Ron Patton, saxophone; Keith Jacobsen, bass guitar; Bruce Yunn, keyboard.

 

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18 August 1968. Little Pattie performs with Col Joye and the Joy Boys in Nui Dat. During the concert the Battle of Long Tan commenced in a nearby rubber plantation. Little Pattie was flown out of the danger zone shortly after this photo was taken, however Col Joye and the Joy Boys were unable to be evacuated until the next morning.

 

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18 August 1966. Col Joye and the Joy Boys perform at Nui Dat. This photograph was taken shortly before the start of the Battle of Long Tan in a nearby rubber plantation. Col Joye and the Joy Boys were unable to be evacuated until the next morning.

 

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1970. A Caterpillar D8 bulldozer being repaired at the 17th Construction Squadron workshop, Nui Dat.

 

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1970. Unidentified members of 104 Signal Squadron sitting in the back of an International Mk IV 2 1/2 ton 4x4 truck, waiting to be transported to an area outside the base at Nui Dat, where they will commence a perimeter patrol. The men are armed with a variety of weapons including an M-79 40mm grenade launcher, M-16 rifles, L1A1 self loading rifles (SLR) and an M-60 light machine gun (LMG). Most of the men have 50 round 7.62mm x 51mm ammunition belts slung over their shoulders, which is extra ammunition for the M-60 LMG.

 

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1 June 1968. At the end of their tour of duty in Vietnam, the main body of 2RAR/NZ travels aboard a convoy of 43 vehicles away from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat to Vung Tau, where the men will board HMAS Sydney to return to Australia.

 

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1970. Two convoys of Armoured Personnel Carriers of B Squadron, 3 Cavalry, leaving and returning to the Australian base Nui Dat.

 

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16 Oct 1971. A convoy of Armoured Command Vehicles (ACV) transport the remainder of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Command Post during the withdrawal from the Nui Dat base. 1ATF are relocating to Vung Tau and handing over the control of the base to South Vietnamese forces. Outside the compound South Vietnamese trucks are waiting to enter. The leading M577A1 has its Army registration Number 13446(obscured) stencilled on the right hand rear surface. The photograph was taken from the third ACV in the convoy, by 3798321 Signalman Peter John Bird, 104 Signal Squadron, a National Serviceman from Coleraine, Victoria.

 

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1968. A United States (US) Fairchild C-123 Provider aircraft flying low over the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat as it releases pesticides to eradicate mosquitoes and other insects. Grey storm clouds and rough mountainous terrain can be seen in the background.

 

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1968. Unidentified black clad bodies of Viet Cong soldiers, who were killed by Australian soldiers of the Special Air Service (SAS) near the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base near Nui Dat. Local Vietnamese people have gathered by the roadside to look at the bodies.

 

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1970. NUI DAT, VIETNAM. 1970-06. CORPORAL VINCENT ROBERTS OF ROCKHAMPTON, QLD, AND A MEMBER OF 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (THE ANZAC BATTALION COMPRISING 2ND BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT AND A COMPONENT FROM THE 1ST BATTALION, ROYAL NEW ZEALAND INFANTRY REGIMENT), BASED ON ROUTE 15, IS TRAINING A SOUTH VIETNAMESE BUSHMAN SCOUT IN THE ART OF WEAPON HANDLING WITH THE M60 MACHINE GUN. 2RAR HAS SET UP ROAD BLOCKS TO CHECK VEHICLES AND TRAVELLERS FOR SUSPECTED VIET CONG AND DRAFT-DODGERS.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-11. Sapper Michael O'Hearn of Maitland, NSW (left), a member of the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), buying Christmas gifts from Private Rick Cook of Glen Innes, NSW, a member of the store staff at the 2nd Australian Field Canteen Unit, at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-11. Private (Pte) Les Sherd of Queanbeyan, NSW, looks over some of the toys on display at the 2nd Australian Field Canteen Unit at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base during a shopping spree to buy Christmas gifts. Pte Sherd is a member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR).