Green long sleeved shirt : People's Army of Vietnam

Long sleeved green cotton shirt of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). The shirt has a fold down collar, black buttoned front and cuffs. The shirt has two breast pockets which are pleated and button fastened. A number of bamboo toothpicks are stored in the right hand pocket.

Worn by a member of the North Vietnamese Army (PAVN). Part of a collection of Viet Cong clothing and equipment captured by an Australian Task Force patrol on 17 April 1969 at 1000 hours. This material appears to have been gathered by a (New Zealand) patrol of 3 Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment. The patrol, operating in the Binh Ba area between 15 and 23 April, consisted of Sergeant W J Lillicrapp and Lance Corporals R T Williams, K Herewini, D A Pewhaiangi and P Wanoa. At 0925 on the 17th, the patrol entered an old Viet Cong campsite, and material was found strewn around the area. Fifteen minutes later, two Viet Cong were encountered and killed. Other material collected in this action is known to have included a pistol and two pounds of documents, none of which came to the Australian War Memorial.