Photos Aussies and Kiwi's in Vietnam

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1971. Three members of a gun crew at 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base wearing ear protectors before firing a 105mm Howitzer. The soldier on the right holds the plotting table.

 

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PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM. 1970-07. `BRUTUS', NO 525, ONE OF THE BULLDOZERS OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE LAND CLEARING TEAM, ATTACHED TO THE 17TH CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON GROUP, IN ACTION CLEARING AN AREA OF JUNGLE NORTH WEST OF NUI DAT.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. April 1970. Vietnamese honey bear cub, Raechel (wearing a digger's hat), apes it up with Corporal Bob Charles of Newmarket, Qld, at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base. The bear cub is the new mascot and pet of the soldiers of Headquarter Company. She was adopted by the men after her mother was shot by infantry when she charged through the soldiers' night location, setting off trip flares.

 

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Wearing the latest in bush hats, this feathered beauty was captured for Aviary as she flittered among the rubber trees. She is Alice (that's her real name - her father is French). Alice was invited to Nui Dat to help entertain children from the Baria Orphanage at a Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) children's party.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. November 1970. Party day at the 1st Australian Task Force Base (1ATF), as the headquarters entertains about eighty children from the Baria Orphanage. Here the children board armoured personnel carriers (APCs) for a novelty ride around the base.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. November 1970. It was party day at the 1st Australian Task Force Base (1ATF), as the headquarters entertains about eighty children from the Baria Orphanage. Here Lieutenant John Ainsworth of Plympton, SA, has one of the small visitors on his shoulders as the boy tries to catch a balloon.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. November 1970. It was party day at the 1st Australian Task Force Base (1ATF), as the headquarters entertains about eighty children from the Baria Orphanage. The Commander, 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Brigadier W. G. Henderson, stands with Mother Augustine, who runs the orphanage, as he holds a young Vietnamese girl, Tu, as she enjoys a drink.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. November 1970. It was party day at the 1st Australian Task Force Base (1ATF), as the headquarters entertains about eighty children from the Baria Orphanage. Helping the children eat their way through a mountain of sandwiches, cakes and fruit, are Sergeants Phil Grainger and Michael Jones, both of Lismore, NSW, and both holding children.

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. November 1970. It was party day at the 1st Australian Task Force Base (1ATF), as the headquarters entertains about eighty children from the Baria Orphanage. Helping to entertain the children is Lieutenant Jim Holland of Hawthorn, Vic (right), who is a Vietnamese linguist.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-06. A woman Viet Cong suspect is interrogated at Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force, after being captured by a patrol from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR). Left to right: Private Steve Smith of Edgecliffe, NSW, the Viet Cong suspect, a Vietnamese interpreter, ABC radio foreign affairs correspondent in Vietnam, Mr Phillip Koch, and Captain Barry Hawkins of Hughes, ACT.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-06. A woman Viet Cong suspect is interrogated at Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force, after being captured by a patrol from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR). Left to right: Private Steve Smith of Edgecliffe, NSW, the Viet Cong suspect, a Vietnamese interpreter, and ABC radio foreign affairs correspondent in Vietnam, Mr Phillip Koch.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-06. A woman Viet Cong suspect is interrogated at Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force, after being captured by a patrol from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR). Left to right: Private Steve Smith of Edgecliffe, NSW, the Viet Cong suspect, a Vietnamese interpreter, and ABC radio foreign affairs correspondent in Vietnam, Mr Phillip Koch.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-06. Arriving at Luscombe Airfield, is the Provost Marshal, the top Military Policeman in the Australian Army, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Seaton of Canberra, ACT. He is here on the first leg of a fact finding mission of areas in South-East Asia. Left to right: Sergeant Ron Sutton of Prospect, SA, taking the bags, Major Ken Petersen of Mount Waverley, Vic, looking on, and Lieutenant Colonel Seaton.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-07. Monsoon rains and the subsequent increase of threat by the Viet Cong has Australian Task Force troops giving high priority to the fortification of weapon pits at the Task Force base. In the pit swinging a long shovel in a trench is Private Mike Trimper of Launceston, Tas, and the Defence and Employment Platoon.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-07. Monsoon rains and the subsequent increase of threat by the Viet Cong has Australian Task Force troops giving high priority to the fortification of weapon pits at the Task Force base. Private Bill Spaven of Queanbeyan, NSW, is using a mechanical digger which is petrol powered and cuts time for the job of digging a trench by 70 per cent.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-07. Monsoon rains and the subsequent increase of threat by the Viet Cong has Australian Task Force troops giving high priority to the fortification of weapon pits at the Task Force base. Private Ray Ferguson of Chermside, Qld is using a mechanical digger which is petrol powered and cuts time for the job of digging a trench by 70 per cent.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-07. Monsoon rains and the subsequent increase of threat by the Viet Cong has Australian Task Force troops giving high priority to the fortification of weapon pits at the Task Force base. Corporal Max Muir of Hobart, Tas, is using a mechanical digger which is petrol powered and cuts time for the job of digging a trench by 70 per cent.

 

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Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-07. Jungle navigation for Australian troops was done with pinpoint accuracy by the 1st Topographical Survey Troop of the Army Survey Corps. Using an electronic measuring device to establish survey stations is Senior Surveyor, Captain Alec Laing of Meekatharra, WA (left), while Corporal Terry Starr of Randwick, NSW, assists.

 

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Vietnam. 1967-07. Standing by a palm tree is Major Ian B. Mckay of Canberra, ACT (right), the Australian Planning Officer and Liaison officer on behalf of the Australian Task Force at Nui Dat. With him is US Army Major James W. Devitt of Fulton, USA, Commanding Officer of the 16th Public Information Detachment with 11th Field Force.

 

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Vietnam. 1967-07. Standing by a palm tree is Major Ian B. Mckay of Canberra, ACT (centre), the Australian Planning Officer and Liaison officer on behalf of the Australian Task Force at Nui Dat. With him is US Army Major James W. Devitt of Fulton, USA (left), Commanding Officer of the 16th Public Information Detachment with 11th Field Force and Lieutenant Colonel William E. McKenzie, who is the information officer of the detachment.