| Accession Number | P05707.022 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Transparency |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Vietnam: Bien Hoa Province, Bearcat Base |
| Date made | February 1969 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Status to be assessed |
Informal group portrait of members of the 2nd Contingent, RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam (RANHFV) ...
Description
Informal group portrait of members of the 2nd Contingent, RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam (RANHFV) outside the administration building. Identified: possibly R59242 Leading Writer (LWTR) Graham Hall Waugh (1); unidentified (2); unidentified (3); unidentified (4); unidentified (5); R37018 Petty Officer Air Mechanic Airframes Engines (POAMAE) Ronald Charles Cole (6); R93356 Petty Officer Electrician Air Communications (POEAC) John Ralph Macartney (7); O2535 Sub Lieutenant (Sub Lt) Michael James Bayliss (8); O63268 Sub Lt Robert John Kyle (9); R59629 Leading Airman Aircrewman Noel Ervin Shipp (10); R62988 Leading Steward (LSTD) Edward Tad Domanski (11); unidentified (12); O2473 Lieutenant (Lt) Jerome Michael Wallace Hart (13); R51789 Petty Officer Airman Aircraft Handler POAAH Brian James Melville (14); R93705 Leading Air Mechanic Weapons (LAMW) Ronald Keith McWaters (15); unidentified (16); unidentified (17); R52672 Aircraft Mechanician Airframes Engines (MECHAE) Kevin William Camm (18); possibly R46552 Petty Officer Air Mechanic Weapons (POAEW) Douglas John Mosman (19); R59689 Aircraft Mechanician Airframes Engines (AMAE) Raymond Basil Hawkins (20); unidentified (21); O2751 Lieutenant Warrick Ellis Symons (22); O2267 Sub Lt Charles Robert Rex (23); O2677 Lt Thomas Francis Supple (24); unidentified (25); R62245 Leading Air Mechanic Weapons (LAMW) Robert Michael Phillip Brennan (26); unidentified (27); unidentified (28); O2362 Lt Ivan Charles Misfeld (29); O2478 Lt Michael Anthony Perrott (30); unidentified (31); R94568 Naval Airman Aircraft Handler (NAAH) Barry John Henry Ballantyne (32); O2026 Lt Ian Maxwell (Max) Speedy (33); O2088 Lt Robert George Ray (34); unidentified (35); unidentified (36); unidentified (37). RANHFV is serving with the 135th Assault Helicopter Company (135th AHC), United States Army. Due to its integrated nature, the unit is designated an 'experimental military unit', with the nickname EMU. Above the entrance to the building is a large sign with unit's crest and motto 'Get the Bloody Job Done'. LACM Shipp was killed in action during gunship operations on 31 May 1969. (See P05707.022K for key sheet identifications).