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John Kendall Francis, team leader and head surgeon of the Prince Henry Hospital (Melbourne) civilian surgical team, South Vietnam, 1967, interviewed by Libby Stewart
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Maker: Francis, John Kendall Stewart, Elizabeth (Libby)
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03984
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John Malcolm Fraser as Minister for the Army, Australia 1966-1968, interviewed by Captain Murray Taylor
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Maker: Fraser, John Malcolm Taylor, Murray
Fraser, on a visit to South Vietnam in 1967, speaks of the reasons for Australia’s involvement in the war in South Vietnam and improvements in conditions, particularly in the northern provinces. A tr...S03541
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John Norris Parker DFM as a squadron leader Commanding Officer No 1 (Bomber) Operational Conversion Unit RAAF, Australia 1950-1969, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
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Maker: Parker, John Norris Dickson, Kevin Alexander
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03843
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Johnny O'Keefe as an entertainer, South Vietnam 1969, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: O'Keefe, Johnny Michael Ross-Smith, Ernest
O'Keefe speaks of his impressions of Saigon and his performance at various locations in South Vietnam. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Soun...S03673
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John Richard Williamson as postmaster 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Captain Murray Taylor
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Maker: Williamson, John Richard Taylor, Murray
Williamson speaks of the transfer of mail to and from Australia for members of 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information pl...S03529
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John Shumann, lead singer of Redgum and composer of I Was Only Nineteen (first published in 1983), interviewed by Andrew Gray, AWM Education Section
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Maker: Schumann, John
John Shumann, lead singer of Redgum and composer of I Was Only Nineteen (first published in 1983), interviewed by Andrew Gray, AWM Education Section A transcript of this recording may be available. F...S04110
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John Terence McDonnell, Flight Lieutenant, 35 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)
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Maker: McDonnell, John Terence
McDonnell, John TerenceS01118
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Joseph Thomas O'Reilly as a sergeant, section commander 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron, later A and B Squadrons 3rd Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam 1966-1967 and 1969-1970, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd)
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Maker: O'Reilly, Joseph Thomas McKay, Gary John
Joseph Thomas O'Reilly as a sergeant, section commander 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron, later A and B Squadrons 3rd Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam 1966-1967 and 1969-1970, interviewed by Lie...S02124
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Judith Wallace as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), 1965-1985, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Bassett, Jan Wallace, Judith
Early life; civilian nursing training at Royal Brisbane Hospital; enlisted 28 April 1965; describes living and working conditions at various postings; describes injuries of casualties from Vietnam whi...S01818
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June Ellen Naughton (neé Miinchow) as a captain nursing sister and Michael Anthony Naughton as the lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer both 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: Hemmings, Lynn
Nursing training; joining army; selection of nurses for service in Vietnam; preparation for departure; theatre sister in Vietnam; role and training of theatre technicians; relations with other staff; ...S01578
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(235030) Kahn, Colin Nicholas (Brigadier)
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Maker: Kahn, Colin Nicholas
Colin Nicholas Kahn as a lieutenant 5 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Dr Jane Ross for her project "An oral history of Australians in Vietnam"S00830
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Keith Hadley Berry as a corporal, crew commander A Squadron 3rd Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd)
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Maker: Berry, Keith Hadley McKay, Gary John
Keith Hadley Berry as a corporal, crew commander A Squadron 3rd Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd)S02115
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Keith McAuliffe as a Leading Hand, cook and baker, HMAS Hobart, Royal Australian Navy, South Vietnam, March 1968 - October 1968 interviewed by Garth O'Connell
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Maker: McAuliffe, Keith Daniel O'Connell, Garth Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
On 17 June 1968 HMAS Hobart was hit by air-launched Sparrow 3 missiles mistakenly fired by an F4 Phantom jet of the US Seventh Airforce. The ship was badly damaged and Ordinary Seaman RJ Butterworth a...S05327
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57080 Kenneth Charles Ashman as a Captain, officer commanding 3 Troop, B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Michael Cecil and Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Cameron (Ret'd)
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Maker: Ashman, Kenneth Charles
Kenneth Charles Ashman as a Captain, officer commanding 3 Troop, B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Michael Cecil and Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Cameron (Ret'd). A...S04108
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(Kenneth) Mervyn Hains as a private, 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1970-1971 [recorded letter]
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Maker: Hains, Kenneth Mervyn Hains, Kenneth Mervyn
Private Mervyn Hains records a letter for his sister, Helen and brother-in-law Russell, with comments for other members of his family also. He describes the some of his experiences in Vietnam; patroll...S00070
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Kerntke, Peter Charles
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Maker: Kerntke, Peter Charles
Peter Charles Kerntke as a lieutenant Staff Officer, 1 Australian Logistics Support Group (1ALSG), Royal Australian Corps of Signals, South Vietnam, 1971, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John M...S01112
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Kerry John Slavin as a trooper operator-loader 4 Troop C Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment (1 Armd Regt), South Vietnam 1970-1971, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd)
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Maker: Slavin, Kerry John McKay, Gary John
Kerry John Slavin as a trooper operator-loader 4 Troop C Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment (1 Armd Regt), South Vietnam 1970-1971, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd)S02128
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Kerry John Slavin as a trooper operator-loader 4 Troop C Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment (1 Armd Regt), Vietnam 1970-1971, interviewed by Michael Cecil
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Maker: Slavin, Kerry John Cecil, Michael Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Kerry John Slavin as a trooper operator-loader 4 Troop C Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment (1 Armd Regt), Vietnam 1970-1971, interviewed by Michael Cecil A transcript of this recording may be available....S02781
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Kevin Francis O'Halloran as a private rifleman D Company 4th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (4 RAR), South Vietnam 1971-1972, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd)
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Maker: O'Halloran, Kevin Francis McKay, Gary John McKay, Gary John
Kevin Francis O'Halloran as a private rifleman D Company 4th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (4 RAR), South Vietnam 1971-1972, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd)S01131
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Kevin Michael Byrne as the lieutenant Officer Commanding 10 Platoon D Company 4th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (4 RAR), South Vietnam 1971-1972, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd)
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Maker: McKay, Gary John McKay, Gary John McKay, Gary John
Kevin Michael Byrne as the lieutenant Officer Commanding 10 Platoon D Company 4th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (4 RAR), South Vietnam 1971-1972, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay...S01133
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Kim Bayly, as a Gunner Signaller, 1 Armoured Regiment, South Vietnam, March 1971 - September 1971, interviewed by Garth O'Connell
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Maker: Bayly, Kim William O'Connell, Garth Australian War Memorial Black, Wade Preston, Lenny
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04798
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Kim Simmons as the wife of Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) journalist Donald Simmons, South Vietnam 1960-1966, interviewed by David Bradbury
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Maker: Simmons, Kim Bradbury, David
Simmons speaks of working as a nanny for the Australian Ambassador in Saigon; meeting and marrying Donald Simmons; her husband as the only Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) journalist to be per...S03273
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Lance Bombadier Victor David Baker as the non commissioned officer signals 106th Field Battery 4th Field Regiment, South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Army Master Sergeant Paul Acorade United States Army
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Maker: Baker, Victor David Acorade, Paul
Baker speaks of his role as a signaller, communicating with United States Army units; living conditions at Nui Dat; accompanying a battalion on operations. A transcript of this recording may be avail...S03552
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Lance Corporal Peter William Blanch and Private Bruce Hammond as members of C Company 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Major Lance Logan
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Maker: Blanch, Peter William Hammond, Bruce Logan, Lance
Blanch and Hammond speak of identifying and defusing booby traps and mines in Operation Queanbeyan, a search-and-destroy operation in the Nui Thi Vai complex of Phuoc Tuy Province, 16-26 October 1966....S03489
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Lance Corporal Raymond James Lindsay as a member 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1968, interviewed by Sergeant Wayne Grant
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Maker: Lindsay, Raymond James Grant, Wayne Linus
Lindsay speaks of a contact with North Vietnamese elements in Operation Toan Thang, Bien Hoa Province, May 1968, in which he was wounded and subsequently hospitalised in 1st Australian Field Hospital,...S03625
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(2781676) Langlands, Graeme Douglas (Private)
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Maker: Langlands, Graeme Douglas
Graeme Douglas Langlands as a private 6 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), South Vietnam, 1966 interviewed by Dr Jane Ross for her project "An oral history of Australians in Vietnam"S00814
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Latimer, Phillip G
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Maker: Latimer, Phillip Geoffrey
Phillip G Latimer, Sergeant, 1 Operational Support Unit, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)S01113
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Lauder, Peter John
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Maker: Lauder, Peter John
Peter John Lauder MC as a 2nd Lieutenant Platoon Commander, 8th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)S01114
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Lawrence Drinkwater as a corporal, Rifle Section Commander, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd).
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Maker: Drinkwater, Lawrence McKay, Gary John
Deployed to South Vietnam in 6RAR, 1966 as a rifle section commander at the Battle of Long Tan. Left the Regular Army in 1969 and served for many years after in the Army Reserve, reaching the rank of ...S02604
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Lawrence Riley Johnstone as a Signalman, 532nd Signal Troop and 110th Signal Squadron, South Vietnam 1967-1968, and as a linguist/interpreter, 1st PSYOP Unit and Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, South Vietnam 1970-1971, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd).
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Maker: Johnstone, Lawrence Riley McKay, Gary John
Enlisted in 1960 in the Royal Australian Signals Corps and served two tours in Vietnam 1968-1969 and 1970-1971; saw the Tet Offensive 1968 at close quarters, although not in combat and on his second t...S02597
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Leading Aircraftsman Alan Owen Jones, Crew Chief, 9 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)
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Maker: Jones, Alan Owen
Leading Aircraftsman Alan Owen Jones, Crew Chief, 9 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)S01111
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Leonard James Studley as the second lieutenant Second-in-Command Mortar Platoon Support Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), South Vietnam 1967-1968, recorded for Lex McAulay
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Maker: Studley, Leonard James
Studley speaks of his role in the defence of Fire Support Base Coral, in the Bien Hoa Province of South Vietnam, during May 1968.S03180
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Leslie James Tranter as the second lieutenant Officer Commanding Anti-tank Platoon Support Company 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), South Vietnam 1968-1969, recorded for Lex McAulay
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Maker: Tranter, Leslie James 'Les'
Leslie James Tranter as the second lieutenant Officer Commanding Anti-tank Platoon Support Company 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), South Vietnam 1968-1969, recorded for Lex McAula...S00488
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Leslie James Tranter as the second lieutenant Officer Commanding Anti-tank Platoon Support Company 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), South Vietnam 1968-1969, recorded for Lex McAulay
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Maker: Tranter, Leslie James 'Les'
Tranter speaks of his role in the defence of Fire Support Base Coral, in the Bien Hoa Province of South Vietnam, during May 1968.S03179
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Leslie Margaret McGurgan (nee Smith) as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), South Vietnam, 1970-1971, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: McGurgan (nee Smith), Leslie Margaret Bassett, Jan
Early life; commenced nursing training at Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney in March 1963; joined Citizens Military Force in 1967; joined regular army on 28 March 1969; left for Vietnam on 28 April 1970; ...S01822
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Les Profitt as a cameraman for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), South Vietnam 1965, interviewed by David Bradbury
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Maker: Profitt, Les Bradbury, David
Profitt speaks of his two months in South Vietnam; reporting from the Mekong Delta area; the Junk Force (a force of Chinese boats accompanying United States patrols in the Mekong Delta area); the gene...S03292
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Les Wasley as a cameraman for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), South Vietnam 1975, interviewed by David Bradbury
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Maker: Wasley, Les Bradbury, David
Wasley speaks of working, as a cameraman, with ABC television journalist Alan Hogan; his arrival in South Vietnam in April 1975; his impressions of Saigon as a peaceful city despite the curfews at nig...S03295
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Letter from Alan O'Connor to home, recorded in South Vietnam, 1971; Letter to Alan O'Connor from Mum and Dad, Brian, Phil, Maureen and Anne, 1971 [Recorded Letters]
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Maker: O'Connor, Alan Desmond
Recorded letters between Alan O'Connor and his family whilst he is based in South Vietnam in 1971.S04859
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Lieutenant Alan Douglas Jellie as a helicopter pilot 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight, South Vietnam 1969, interviewed by Major Ernest Ross-Smith
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Maker: Jellie, Alan Douglas Ross-Smith, Ernest
Jellie speaks of Royal Australian Air Force forward air controller support to a United States Air Force bombing mission in the Long Hai Hills area of the Phuoc Tuy Province of South Vietnam. Recorded ...S03682
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Lieutenant Andrew John 'Jack' Balsillie as Officer Commanding Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force, South Vietnam 1969, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: Balsillie, Andrew John 'Jack' Ross-Smith, Ernest
Balsillie speaks of 1st Australian Task Force assistance to communities in the Phuoc Tuy Province of South Vietnam at the time of the mid-autumn moon festival in 1969. A transcript of this recording ...S03675
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Lieutenant Brian George Watt and Private Leigh Thomas Povey as members of 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Lieutenant David Brown
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Maker: Povey, Leigh Thomas Watt, Brian George Brown, David
Watt and Povey speak of how they encourage farmers from Ap Soui Nghe hamlet to become more self sufficient by improving their farming practices and animal husbandry techniques. A transcript of this r...S03634
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Lieutenant Bruce Lockyer Anderson as the Administration Officer Australian Canteen Services Organisation Detachment Australian Force Vietnam, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Major Lance Logan
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Maker: Anderson, Bruce Lockyer Logan, Lance
Anderson speaks of the operation of the Australian Canteen Service Organisation Detachment, as a subsidiary of the United States Armed Forces PX (Post Exchange) Service, at Vung Tau; the range of good...S03490
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Lieutenant Charles Tumar as a member of the United States Army psychological warfare team attached to deployed elements of 1st Australian Task Force, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Major Barrie Gillman
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Maker: Tumar, Charles Gillman, Barrie Winston Farleigh
Tumar speaks of the effect of the Vietnamese government’s Chieu Hoi (Open Arms) program on and 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit civic action programs on the Vietnamese civilian population in Phuoc Tu...S03525
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Lieutenant Colonel Alan Lindsay Morrison MBE as Commanding Officer 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Major Ernest Ross-Smith
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Maker: Morrison, Alan Lindsay "Alby" Ross-Smith, Ernest
Morrison speaks of the role of the 1st Australian Task Force in Operations Goodwood and Federal; the assistance of various Australian associations to families of soldiers in Australia; what every sold...S03648
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Lieutenant Colonel Alan Lindsay Vickers (Rtd) as the captain Second-in-Command C Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment, South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Lex McAulay
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Maker: McAulay, Alexander Hugh McAulay, Alexander Hugh
Vickers speaks of his role in the defence of Fire Support Base Coral, in the Bien Hoa Province of South Vietnam, during May 1968. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further informat...S03134
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Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Cameron MC as a Second Lieutenant, Troop Commander, C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, South Vietnam 1971, interviewed by Dr Peter Pedersen
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Maker: Cameron, Bruce Pedersen, Peter Andreas Australian War Memorial Kosmider, Michael
Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Cameron MC as a Second Lieutenant, Troop Commander, C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, South Vietnam 1971, interviewed by Dr Peter PedersenS05424
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Lieutenant Colonel Charles Yacopetti MC (Retired), as Korean War veteran, interviewed by Michael Boyle
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Maker: Yacopetti, Charles Peter Boyle, Michael Dorrington
Charles Yacopetti MC gives his second oral history interview about his experiences as an Italian-born, Australian soldier in the Korean War. He was interviewed at his NSW home on 26, 27 and 28 of Marc...AWM2021.12.17
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Lieutenant Colonel Colin Maurice Townsend as the Commanding Officer 6th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Major Barrie Gillman
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Maker: Townsend, Colin Maurice Gillman, Barrie Winston Farleigh
Townsend speaks of 6th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment’s anticipation of its return to Australia and expresses his appreciation of the professionalism shown by the soldiers in the battalion an...S03506
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Lieutenant Colonel Colin Nadar Kahn as Commanding Officer 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Major Ernest Ross-Smith
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Maker: Kahn, Colin Nicholas Ross-Smith, Ernest
Kahn speaks of Operation Overlander, 3-17 April 1969, in particular, an assault by 5 RAR on a major enemy headquarters in the Bien Hoa Province of South Vietnam. A transcript of this recording may be...S03649
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Lieutenant Colonel David Lyttleton Rouse as the Commanding Officer 1st Australian Logistic Support Group, South Vietnam 1966, interviewed by Major Lance Logan
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Maker: Rouse, David Lyttleton Logan, Lance
Rouse speaks of the establishment of 1st Australian Logistic Support Group in the sand dunes at Vung Tau, South Vietnam 1966. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information ...S03465