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Major Ian Gordon Hands as Officer Commanding C Company and Private David Anthony Thompson both of 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Lieutenant David Brown
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Maker: Hands, Ian Gordon Thompson, David Anthony Brown, David
Hands and Thompson speak of the conduct of operations against the Viet Cong in Operation Pinnaroo, in the Long Hai Hills, including minefields and tunnels encountered. A transcript of this recording ...S03614
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Major James Mew as a senior United States Army aviation officer attached to Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force, South Vietnam 1967, interviewed by Major Barrie Gillman
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Maker: Mew, James Gillman, Barrie Winston Farleigh
Mew speaks of his role within 1st Australian Task Force, coordinating United States Army aviation support for 1st Australian Task Force, liaising between 1st Australian Task Force, 12th Combat Aviatio...S03526
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Major John Boyd Healy as officer commanding A Company 1 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), South Vietnam, 1965-1966 and Mrs June Healy [recorded letters]
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Maker: Healy, John Boyd Healy, June
Correspondence between Major John Healy in Vietnam and his wife June Healy in Australia. Tape 1. John Healy describes his tape recorder; talks about the base and how noisy it is due to the large amoun...S03710
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Major John Harry Brennan (Rtd) as Troop Leader 2 Troop A Squadron 1 Armoured Regiment, South Vietnam 1970, interviewed by Michael Cecil
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Maker: Cecil, Michael
Major John Harry Brennan (Rtd) as Troop Leader 2 Troop A Squadron 1 Armoured Regiment, South Vietnam 1970, interviewed by Michael Cecil A transcript of this recording may be available. For further in...S02784
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Major John Joseph Donohoe as a member of 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Major Barrie Gillman
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Maker: Donohoe, John Joseph Gillman, Barrie Winston Farleigh
Donohoe as the Officer-in-Charge of civic action programs in Phuoc Tuy Province speaks of bringing relief to those South Vietnamese people who have known nothing but communist domination; attempts, by...S03504
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Major John Joseph Donohoe as the Staff Officer Grade 2 (Civil Affairs/Liaison) Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Major Lance Logan
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Maker: Donohoe, John Joseph Logan, Lance
Donohoe speaks of the distribution of clothing, sweets and Christmas cakes, sent from associations and independent families in Australia, to the people of Hoa Long village in Phuoc Tuy Province of Sou...S03499
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Major John Joseph Donohoe as the Staff Officer Grade 2 (Civil Affairs/Liaison) Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Major Lance Logan
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Maker: Donohoe, John Joseph Logan, Lance
Donohoe speaks of the work of members of 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit in Nam Binh, a village on the north western side of the Vung Tau, constructing a market complex and repairing damage to a sch...S03471
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Major John Seymour Rowe (Rtd) as the major General Staff Officer Grade 2 (Intelligence) Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Rowe, John Seymour Chinn, David Alexander
Interview with Major J S Rowe, General Staff Officer Grade 2 (Intelligence), (GSO2(Int)), Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam (HQ 1ATF), 1966. Interview covers: personal military backgroun...S00876
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Major John St Hartley as Officer Commanding Army Vessel Clive Steele, South China Sea 1969, interviewed by Captain Robert Cornish
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Maker: Cornish, Robert Hartley, John St
Hartley speaks of transporting freight to forces in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section...S03683
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Major John Sydney Barlow as the Australian Army legal officer Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Major Barrie Gillman
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Maker: Barlow, John Sydney Gillman, Barrie Winston Farleigh
Barlow speaks of his commissioning as a regular army officer in Australia; the scope of his duties as an Army legal officer in South Vietnam; the conditions at the 1st Australian Task Force base, Nui ...S03522
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Major Kenneth Graham Petersen as the Civil Affairs Liaison Officer Headquarters 1st Australian Logistic Support Group, South Vietnam 1966-1967, and Madam [Clayton] president of the local school organisation at the opening of the library at the Vung Tau High School
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Maker: Peterson, Kenneth Graham Logan, Lance
Peterson and Clayton speak of the new the library, built by the Australian Army, at Vung Tau High School and express a need for some new books from Australia.S03500
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Major Kenneth Graham Peterson as the Civil Affairs Liaison Officer and Sergeant Michael Henry as an interpreter, both of 1st Australian Logistic Support Group, and Corporal Maxwell Patterson as a member of 17th Construction Squadron, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Major Lance Logan
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Maker: Henry, Michael Patterson, Maxwell Peterson, Kenneth Graham Logan, Lance
Peterson speaks of celebrations at the completion of a 1st Australian Logistic Support Group civic aid project to construct educational and medical facilities in Nam Binh, a resettlement village in Vu...S03496
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Major Laurence John Lewis as Officer Commanding C Company 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: Lewis, Laurence John Ross-Smith, Ernest
Lewis speaks of his company's role in the training of 2/48th Infantry Battalion Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Horseshoe area of Phuoc Tuy Province. A transcript of this recording may be avai...S03660
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Major Lawrence George O'Donnell as Officer Commanding A Squadron 3rd Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Major Ernest Ross-Smith
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Maker: O'Donnell, Lawrence George Ross-Smith, Ernest
O'Donnell speaks of his role in commanding the cavalry squadron in Operation Overlander in Long Khanh in the Bien Hoa and Phuoc Tuy Provinces of South Vietnam, 3-19 April 1969. A transcript of this r...S03652
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Major Lawrence Gerard Doyle as Officer Commanding 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Major Barrie Gilman
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Maker: Doyle, Lawrence Gerard Gillman, Barrie Winston Farleigh
Doyle speaks of the visual reconnaissance role of 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight, using Cessna 180 aircraft and Bell 47G3 helicopters both by day and by night, in support of 1st Australian Ta...S03505
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Major Murray Phillip Blake as Officer Commanding D Company 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Major Ernest Ross-Smith
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Maker: Blake, Murray Philip Ross-Smith, Ernest
Blake speaks of his role in Operation Overlander in Long Khanh in the Bien Hoa and Phuoc Tuy Provinces of South Vietnam, 3-19 April 1969. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further ...S03650
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Major Nellie Jane Espie as the Matron 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Captain Derek Roylance
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Maker: Espie, Nellie Jane Roylance, Derek John
Espie speaks of 1st Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau and the differences between working in a military hospital compared with working in a civilian hospital. A transcript of this recording may be ...S03669
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Major Peter Colin Smeaton as the Officer Commanding and Private Ronald Howard Brett, Private Terence John Armistead and Private Thomas Bruce Burke all members of A Company 6th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Major Lance Logan
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Maker: Armistead, Terence John Brett, Ronald Howard Burke, Thomas Bruce Smeaton, Peter Colin Logan, Lance
Smeaton speaks of the conduct of Operation Vaucluse, west of 1st Australian Task Force base Nui Dat, 8-24 September 1966; Brett, Armistead and Burke all speak of their experiences of that operation. ...S03479
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Major Peter Raymond Young, message to Major John Boyd Healy, Officer Commanding A Company 1 RAR, South Vietnam, 1965-1966 [recorded letter]
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Maker: Young, Peter
Young records a letter to his friend Major Healy who is in Vietnam. Young speaks of John's wife June and his daughter; friends John Dermody and John Roe arriving in Vietnam soon; how he will be in Vie...S03711
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Major Robert Arthur Warr MBE as Officer Commanding Northern Command Band, South Vietnam 1970 (visit), interviewed by Lieutenant David Brown
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Maker: Warr, Robert Arthur Brown, David
Warr speaks of the Northern Command Army Band’s performing tour of South Vietnam, the first touring band sent from Australia to South Vietnam. A transcript of this recording may be available. For fur...S03703
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Major Trevor William Roderick (Rtd) as a lieutenant, troop commander 3 Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd)
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Maker: Roderick, Trevor William McKay, Gary John
Major Trevor William Roderick (Rtd) as a lieutenant, troop commander 3 Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd) A transcr...S01949
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Major Warren Wilson Lennon as the Officer Commanding 1st Field Squadron, South Vietnam 1966, interviewed by Major Lance Logan
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Maker: Lennon, Warren Wilson Logan, Lance
Lennon speaks of the experimental use of a thick white vapour (gas) to locate concealed entrances to a Viet Cong tunnel system in a village in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. A transcript of this ...S03463
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Major William Kenneth Carter as Officer Commanding B Company 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment/New Zealand (ANZAC), South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Captain Murray Taylor
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Maker: Carter, William Kenneth Taylor, Murray
Carter speaks of his company's contacts with the Viet Cong, including tunnels encountered, in the Bien Hoa Province of South Vietnam, January 1968. A transcript of this recording may be available. Fo...S03604
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Major William Roger Deane as a captain adviser Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV), South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Ian McNeill
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Maker: Deane, William Roger McNeill, Ian Graham
Deane speaks of his tour of duty with 354th Infantry Regiment Army of the Republic of Vietnam and the defence of Fire Support Base Tun Tavern A transcript of this recording may be available. For furt...S01480
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Malcolm Bruce Meadows as the second lieutenant Officer Commanding 1 Platoon A Company 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Lex McAulay
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Maker: Meadows, Malcolm Bruce McAulay, Alexander Hugh McAulay, Alexander Hugh
Meadows 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...S03166
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(217115) Malone, Michael John (Private)
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Maker: Malone, Michael John
Michael John Malone as a private 3 Squadron, Special Air Services Regiment (3SAS), South Vietnam, 1969-1970, interviewed by Dr Jane Ross for her project "An oral history of Australians in Vietnam"S00827
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Margaret Fay Hopcraft (neé Ahern) as a captain nursing sister 8th Field Ambulance later 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings
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Maker: Hopcraft, Margaret Fay Hemmings, Lynn
Joining army; first group of nurses sent to Vietnam; selection procedures; first impressions of hospital in Vietnam; attitude of male army medics to nurses; changes the nurses brought to the hospital;...S01579
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Margaret Fay Hopcraft (nee Ahern) as a captain nursing sister 8th Field Ambulance later 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Jan Bassett
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Maker: Hopcraft, Margaret Fay Bassett, Jan
Early life; commenced civilian nursing in 1958; enlisted 4 July 1965; discusses Matron Mickie Sayer a prisoner of war of the Japanese during the Second World War; first posting to the 2nd Camp Hospita...S01816
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Margaret Ruth Bolton, Aileen Mary Monck and Josephine Howard (nee Griffin) as members of the South Australian civilian surgical team, Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, 1967, interviewed by Libby Stewart and Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Ret'd)
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Maker: Bolton, Margaret Ruth
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03999
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Margaret Whitlam as the wife of Australian Federal Opposition leader Gough Whitlam interviewed by Sergeant Wayne Grant
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Maker: Whitlam, Margaret Elaine Grant, Wayne Linus
Whitlam, during a visit to South Vietnam, speaks of the civic action work of 110th Signal Squadron at the Dong Choui orphanage, Vung Tau. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further ...S03608
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Marita Mulcahy, nurse Commonwealth Repatriation Surgical Team, Vung Tau, South Vietnam, 1967-1968, interviewed by Libby Stewart
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Maker: Mulcahy, Marita Therese Stewart, Elizabeth (Libby)
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03986
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Mark Augustine Moloney as a lieutenant platoon commander 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7 RAR), South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Clive Swaysland
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Maker: Moloney, Mark Augustine Swaysland, Clive Charles
Moloney speaks of his experiences during Operation Coburg and the 1968 Tet Offensive.S01830
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(2793730) Marshall, Brian Harold (Corporal)
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Maker: Marshall, Brian Harold
Brian Harold Marshall as a corporal driver 3 Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam, 1971, interviewed by Michael Cecil A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contac...S04300
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Mary Carolyn Coventry (nee Rigg), nurse, civilian surgical team from The Alfred Hospital (Melbourne), Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, 1966, interviewed by Libby Stewart
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Maker: Coventry (nee Rigg), Mary Carolyn Stewart, Elizabeth (Libby)
Mary Carolyn Coventry (nee Rigg), nurse, civilian surgical team from The Alfred Hospital (Melbourne), Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, 1966, interviewed by Libby Stewart A transcript of this recording may be...S03991
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Maureen Javes as a Captain charge sister, New Zealand Army Nursing Corps attached to 8 Field Ambulance and later the 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam, 1968, interviewed by Gary McKay MC (Rtd).
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Maker: Javes, Maureen McKay, Gary John
Volunteered for duty with New Zealand Nursing Corps, South Vietnam 1968; Served with 8 Field Ambulance and later the 1st Australian Field Hospital as a charge sister (Captain) mainly in surgical and m...S02600
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1731007 May, Allen James
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Maker: May, Allen James McKay, Gary John Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
1731007 Allen James May, as a private, forward scout, 11 Platoon, D Company, 6 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Re...S03747
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McCormack, Ross Barker
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Maker: McCormack, Ross Barker
Ross Barker McCormack, as a Lieutenant Troop Commander, A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), South Vietnam, 1970-1971, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John ...S01115
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(25632) McFarlane, Brian William (Major)
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Maker: McFarlane, Brian William James, Karl Australian War Memorial Cummin, Shayne
Brian William McFarlane as a major, General Staff Officer 2 - Operations (GSO2 (Ops)), Headquarters, 1st Australian Task Force, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, 1971, interviewed by Dr Karl James. ...S04380
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McGurgan (nee Smith), Leslie Margaret
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Maker: McGurgan (nee Smith), Leslie Margaret
Leslie Margaret McGurgan (nee Smith), Lieutenant Nursing Sister, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, (RAANC), South Vietnam, 1970-1971, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)S01119
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McInnes, Neil Anthony
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Maker: McInnes, Neil Anthony
Neil Anthony McInnes, Petty Officer, HMAS Sydney, South Vietnam, 1965-1967, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary John McKay MC (Ret'd)S01120
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Members of the Murray Border Veterans Association
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Maker: Murray Border Veterans Association Ross, Jane
Members of the Murray Border Veterans Association Interviewed by Dr Jane Ross for her project "An oral history of Australians in Vietnam"S00823
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Messages recorded by Private Roger John Gentle, members of A Company and Brigade Headquarters, 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) in South Vietnam to Sergeant Alexander Davidson (Jock) Sutherland DCM recovering in hospital in Adelaide, Australia [recorded letter]
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Maker: Gentle, Roger John
Messages recorded by Private Roger John Gentle, members of A Company and Brigade Headquarters, 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) in South Vietnam to Sergeant Alexander Davidson (Jock) Sut...S00394
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Michael Frazer, Army Public Relations, reading Australian News Bulletins on the American Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN), Saigon, 1970-1971
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Maker: Frazer, Michael
Michael Frazer, a reporter with Army Public Relations, reading Australian News Bulletins and letters from home, on the American radio station, American Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN), Saigon. The Austr...S01614
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Michael Howard Ey as a radar plotter, HMAS Yarra, South Vietnam 1964-1967, and as a clearance diver, Clearance Diving Team 3, South Vietnam 1969, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd).
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Maker: Ey, Michael Howard McKay, Gary John
Deployed to South Vietnam in February 1969 with Clearance Diving Team 3 and worked out of Vung Tau with the highly dangerous tasks of demolitions and underwater clearance and counter mine warfare.S02601
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Michael James Carlton as a journalist for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), South Vietnam 1966-1967 and 1970, interviewed by David Bradbury [continuation of AWM F10542]
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Maker: Carlton, Michael James Bradbury, David
Carlton speaks of being twenty years old when first sent to Vietnam in 1966; his second visit in 1970; his attitude to war; the objectivity of journalists and media organisations in general; the media...S03267
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Michael John (Joe) Van Droffelaar MM as a sergeant, patrol commander 3 Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment (3SAS), South Vietnam 1969, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd)
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Michael John Van Droffelaar MM as a sergeant, patrol commander 3 Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment (3SAS), South Vietnam 1969, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd) A transcript ...S01953
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Michael John O'Sullivan MM as the corporal Medical Assistant attached to 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'Sullivan, Michael John McKay, Gary John McKay, Gary John
Michael John O'Sullivan MM as the corporal Medical Assistant attached to D Company 4th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (4 RAR), South Vietnam 1971-1972, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary ...S01138
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Michael Robert Willesee as a journalist for the Daily News, Macquarie Broadcasters, South Vietnam 1967 and the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), South Vietnam 1969 and 1970, interviewed by David Bradbury
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Maker: Willesee, Michael Robert Bradbury, David
Willesee speaks of his trips to South Vietnam in 1967; an attack on a South Vietnamese orphanage; Thai bombing raids, and helicopter gunship attacks; being advised by Neil Davis; some of Neil Davis' e...S03279
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Michael Robert Willesee as a journalist for the Daily News, Macquarie Broadcasters, South Vietnam 1967 and the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), South Vietnam 1969 and 1970, interviewed by David Bradbury [continuation of AWM F10560]
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Maker: Willesee, Michael Robert Bradbury, David
Willesee speaks of the characteristics of Australian soldiers; troops being sent from seven nations to support the South Vietnamese government; opposition in Australia to the war. A transcript of thi...S03280
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Michael R Rainey and Robert John Snape both as sergeants, troop sergeants C Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment, South Vietnam, 1968-1969, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd)
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Maker: Rainey, Michael R Snape, Robert John McKay, Gary John
Michael R Rainey and Robert John Snape both as sergeants, troop sergeants C Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment, South Vietnam, 1968-1969, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd)S02125