Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-10. Television personality, Patti McGrath speaks by radio with gunners of ...

Accession Number CAM/67/0894/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Campbell, Byron Charles
Date made 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-10. Television personality, Patti McGrath speaks by radio with gunners of 131st Divisional Locating Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), who were stationed at outposts away from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base. Patti and fellow Melbourne entertainers Denise Drysdale and The Strangers were part of a Government sponsored concert party which toured all Australian bases entertaining the troops. Assisting Patti with the radio is Bombardier Vic Danko of Newcastle, NSW. (Colour version held as EKN/67/0186/VN)