Collection related to 2784336 Signalman Stuart Lindsay Weller, 104 Signal Squadron, and his service in Vietnam between 1967 and 1968.

The curved entrance to a mortar pit, fortified by sand bags, under construction at the rear of the tent inhabited by 2784336 Signalman (Sig) Stuart Lindsay Weller, 104 Signal Squadron, at Nui Dat. One of 477 colour 35mm transparencies taken or collected by Sig Weller relating to his service in Vietnam between 1967 and 1968. Sig Weller notes: "Each tent was required to have a mortar pit to which you could retreat in case the base was attacked and my (our) tent was no different. Initially the mortar pits were dug by hand but shortly after we had built our tent, a big digger arrived one morning and, hey presto, we had a deep ditch at the rear of our tent. All we had to do was put a few sandbags over it - like a few hundred! ... The mouth of our mortar pit would face in the direction from which we understood the monsoons came so we decided to put a curve on the entrance and bring it up under the cover at the rear of our tent."