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Brian Kent London as a Sergeant 5 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited London, Brian Kent Swanborough, Greg
Scene 37 take 1; he was in the 5RAR ready reaction Company and task to clear out the village of Binh Ba; estimates that two platoons of Viet Cong were in the village; describes the village of Binh Ba;...F10616
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Brian William Howard 'Horrie' as a member of 3 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Howard, Brian William (Horrie) Swanborough, Greg
Major, CO A Coy 3 RAR from 16 December 1967 to 28 November 1968. Scene 42, Take 1: First memory of Vietnam is damage and destruction to country's infrastructure and landscape. Scene 29, Take 1, rol...F10664
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Dennis Michael Mitchell Special Air Service Regiment interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Mitchell, Dennis Michael Swanborough, Greg
Roll 15 Scene 14 Take 1; role of the Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment was as the eyes and ears of the Task Force; used to seek out targets operated at greater range than other units and protection a...F10614
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Douglas Graham MacLennan as a Senior Liaison Officer Civil Affairs Unit interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited MacLennan, Douglas Graham Swanborough, Greg
Scene 37, Take 1: The morning after the battle at Binh Ba the Civil Affairs Unit came in to access the damage. Most of the houses had been severely damaged by tank fire and were uninhabitable. Duri...F10641
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Geoff Martin Kendall as a Lieutenant D Coy 6 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Kendall, Geoffrey Martin Swanborough, Greg
Lieutenant D Coy, 6RAR 8 June 1966 to 5 July 1967. Scene 19, Take 1: Describes first contact with Vietcong at Long Tan – moved forward to join 11 Platoon heavily engaged with enemy. Advancing Vietco...F10635
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Harry Arthur Smith as the Major Officer Commanding D Coy 6RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The Sharp End'.
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Smith, Harry Arthur Swanborough, Greg
Scene 1, Take 1: Night of 16th August, 1966 – Describes hearing ‘pop-pop’ of incoming fire at 1:00 AM while entertaining American pilots who flew F1s, as part of international hospitality session. Ne...F10631
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Hugh Alexander (Lex) McAulay as a Corporal 1 RAR, later Military Attache Staff Australian Embassy interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited McAulay, Alexander Hugh Swanborough, Greg
Roll 20 Scene 7 take 1; feels on leaving Richmond airbase for Vietnam; take 2 retake of 1; leaving Sydney from RAAF Richmond during winter wearing tropical uniforms; felt no apprehension and all were ...F10618
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Ivan Reginald Barnett as a Sapper Royal Australian Engineers interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Barnett, Ivan Reginald Swanborough, Greg
Scene 9 Take 1; Asked to recount the dog story; describes going down a tunnel 4 to 5 feet deep and crawling 70 ft then went right and then left then went up some stairs which went under a house; did a...F10628
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James Raymond Bourke as a Lieutenant 1 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Bourke, James Raymond Swanborough, Greg
Scene 9. Take 1. describes the events coming into the Landing Zone (LZ) on the third lift of helicopters for the Ho Bo Woods operation on what they thought was a blocking position; the helicopter mach...F10621
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John Arnold Warr as the Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Officer 5 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Warr, John Arnold Swanborough, Greg
Lieutenant Colonel CO 5RAR 6 January 1966 to 13 January 1966; Lieutenant Colonel CO 5RAR 27 April 1966 to 30 April 1967. Warr visited Vietnam after an intelligence meeting in Australia and it was sugg...F10650
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John Charles Robbins as a Lance Corporal D Coy 6 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Robbins, John Charles Swanborough, Greg
Lance Corporal D Coy, 6RAR 8 June 1966 to 7 September 1966. Scene 5, Take 1: The 1964 conscription was seen as another part of life, an adventure. At nineteen, most hadn’t thought about Australia’s ...F10634
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John Cyril Thompson as a Sapper 1 Field Troop Royal Australian Engineers interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Thompson, John Cyril Swanborough, Greg
Sapper, 1 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers. From 6 January 1967 to 23 June 1967. Scene 16, Take 1: Of about thirty thousand Australian mines laid, fifteen to twenty thousand were retrieved ...F10645
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Neil Jackson Rankin as a Sergeant D Coy 6 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Rankin, Neil Jackson Swanborough, Greg
Sergeant D Coy, 6RAR 2 June 1966 to 14 June 1967. Scene 19, Take 1: Contact with enemy at Long Tan. 11 Platoon came across a large group of Vietcong and flanked them by surprise. Take 2: Describes t...F10633
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Peter Norman Tedder as a Major 105 Field Battery Australian Artillery interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Tedder, Peter Norman O'Neill Swanborough, Greg
Roll 19 Scene 19 take 1; his activities on the day of the battle of Long Tan; he never met circumstances that the Viet Cong were going to fight within the range of artillery and that this indicated th...F10617
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Raymond Bruce Payne as a Private 1 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Payne, Raymond Bruce Swanborough, Greg
Private, 1RAR, 7 June 1965 to 3 June 1966. Scene 9, Take 1: Describes events of 8 January, 1966 at Ho Bo Woods; landing by helicopter, immediate contact with enemy delayed reaching base camp that, u...F10647