| Accession Number | VN/66/0077/01 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Westbury, Gerald Wallace |
| Place made | Vietnam: South Vietnam, Saigon, Vietnam: Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau |
| Date made | October 1966 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
370 Air Commodore (AC) Jack Dowling, of Adelaide, SA, Commander of RAAF Forces Vietnam, was ...
Description
370 Air Commodore (AC) Jack Dowling, of Adelaide, SA, Commander of RAAF Forces Vietnam, was invited to present diplomas to 20 Australians graduating from a Vietnamese language course. The course was conducted by the Armed Forces Language School in Saigon, which is currently training 800 students. The Vietnamese are taught English and the Koreans, Australian, New Zealanders and Americans are taught Vietnamese. AC Dowling, (centre) congratulates 54720 Sergeant (Sgt) Barry Mervyn Bosustow, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), of South Perth, WA, (right) on gaining his diploma in Vietnamese, looking on is School Commandant Phan Thong Trang, (left).