Photos Aussies and Kiwi's in Vietnam

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. January 1970. Vocalist Julie Lewis, on stage, backed by the ABC Dance Band, helped make Christmas and New Year brighter for soldiers who came in their hundreds to Luscombe Bowl at 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base. Julie was one of two female entertainers in the Army and Australian Forces Overseas Fund sponsored concert party.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. January 1970. Troops from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base crowded the Luscombe Bowl to hear the Army and Australian Forces Overseas Fund sponsored concert party. Julie Lewis, one of two female entertainers, on stage, sings to troops with backing from the ABC Dance Band. The concert party visited the war zone over Christmas and New Year and played to capacity audiences at all its shows.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. March 1970. Adelaide Army sponsored concert party's finale at Luscombe Bowl. The entertainers on stage are, left to right: Tammy (of the brother and sister act, Ricky and Tammy), Bev Harrell, Ricky, the Wills Sisters, Ann and Sue. The show was rated tops by hundreds of off-duty troops who packed the bowl.

 

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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 Pinnar

 

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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.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. c. 8 March 1968. Waiting to be heli-lifted from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base for the beginning of Operation Pinnaroo is Private Graham Bagnell of Cleveland, SA. His unit, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) is working with other 1ATF elements in the search of the treacherous Long Hai Hills in southern Phuoc Tuy Province.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968. On Luscombe Field airstrip at 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base, 2nd Lieutenant Roger Colclough of Brisbane, Qld, and a member of 161 Independent Reconnaissance Flight, fastens the seat belt in his Sioux helicopter prior to a recce flight over Phuoc Tuy Province looking for signs of enemy activity.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968. On Luscombe Field airstrip at 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base, 2nd Lieutenant Roger Colclough of Brisbane, Qld, and a member of 161 Independent Reconnaissance Flight, makes a final check on his Sioux helicopter prior to a recce flight over Phuoc Tuy Province looking for signs of enemy activity.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968. On Luscombe Field airstrip at 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base, 2nd Lieutenant Roger Colclough of Brisbane, Qld, and a member of 161 Independent Reconnaissance Flight, switches on the engine of his Sioux helicopter prior to a recce flight over Phuoc Tuy Province looking for signs of enemy activity.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968. A blue metal quarry, operated by a detachment of 17th Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). The quarry supplies each week about 1200 cubic yards of crushed rock for road building, concreting and airstrip surfacing around the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968. A blue metal quarry, operated by a detachment of 17th Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). The quarry supplies each week about 1200 cubic yards of crushed rock for road building, concreting and airstrip surfacing around the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base.

 

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Commanding Officer of the 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR), Lieutenant Colonel A. L. Morrison (left), and Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Shelton, enjoy a drink before 3RAR left for Australia. The advance party of 150 from 9RAR had settled at Nui Dat and had prepared the way for the remainder of the battalion. 3RAR was due to return to Australia for Christmas.

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Jim Shelton only just died a little while ago. Managed to watch the Coral Balmoral ceremony from his hospital bed, where they finally got their long overdue Unit Citation for Gallantry, then died in the afternoon.
Alby Morrison was a good man from all accounts, his son is a flog though, doubt we've had a worse Chief of Army.

 

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A Royal Australian Air Force Huey of 9 Squadron hovers over a Centurion tank patrol during the Vietnam War

 

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BIEN-HOA, SOUTH VIETNAM, JUNE 1965. CAPTAIN N.W. SPENCER, OC OF THE ORDNANCE DETACHMENT, "AT WORK".

 

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"38753 2nd Lieutenant Peter (Goldilocks) Howard Fraser troops". One of a series of photographs relating to the service of 216419 Corporal (Cpl) Geoffrey Alan Hazel during his service in Vietnam from 12 December 1967 to 18 November 1968 with 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), and also of his second tour with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) from 10 September 1970 to 9 September 1971.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968. A blue metal quarry, operated by a detachment of 17th Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). The quarry supplies each week about 1200 cubic yards of crushed rock for road building, concreting and airstrip surfacing around the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1971. A sign at 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base showing Headquarters 4RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment) Battalion area.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1971. The area of A Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base. On the right is a sandbagged perimeter machine gun post with overhead protection.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1971. Sign at the entrance to 4RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment) Battalion lines at 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1971. A water tanker fills up from one of the two water tanks on towers at a water point at 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base. A second water tanker waits.