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Accession Number | P02283.001 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
Maker |
Ford, Darrell Colin |
Place made | Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat |
Date made | August 1966 |
Conflict |
Indonesian Confrontation, 1962-1966 Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
The Sydney entertainer Patricia Amphlett (later Thompson), who performed as "Little Pattie", ...
Description
The Sydney entertainer Patricia Amphlett (later Thompson), who performed as "Little Pattie", singing a song on the back of a US Army semi-trailer being used as a makeshift stage, accompanied Col Joye and the "Joyboys". This concert party had previously visited Australian troops in Malaysia in March and was the third Government sponsored entertainment party to visit Vietnam.