Nui Dat, South Vietnam. June 1971. Australian, US and Vietnamese engineers came from widespread ...

Accession Number FOD/71/0350/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Ford, John Alfred
Date made 1971
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

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Description

Nui Dat, South Vietnam. June 1971. Australian, US and Vietnamese engineers came from widespread locations to mark the annual Waterloo Dinner held by the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) at Nui Dat. Mr Le (surname) Thanh Trang (firstname), the Phuoc Tuy Province Engineer, was one of the many `Sappers' who visited the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) for the celebration. Here Mr Trang (second from right) tells a joke to, left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) Paul Flanagan of Headquarters, Australian Force Vietnam (AFV) (left); Second Lieutenant Alan Curtis, 17 Construction Squadron, and Lt Graham Webb, 30 Terminal Squadron.