First Australian Task Force Light Aid Detachment (1ATF LAD) playing games on the beach at Vung ...

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Accession Number P09340.019
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Cislowski, Harold Francis
Place made Vietnam: Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau
Date made December 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

First Australian Task Force Light Aid Detachment (1ATF LAD) playing games on the beach at Vung Tau. Men of the unit had travelled to the Australian base for a holiday to celebrate the December 1st anniversary of their Corps, the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME). Two men in the centre are taking part in a greasy pole competition.