Accession Number | NAVY19373 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
RAN Public Relations |
Place made | Vietnam: Bien Hoa Province |
Date made | 25 April 1969 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Lieutenant Commander Graham Rohrsheim (left), of Indooroopilly, Qld, Commanding Officer RAN ...
Lieutenant Commander Graham Rohrsheim (left), of Indooroopilly, Qld, Commanding Officer RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam (RANHFV), leads his men in prayer at an Anzac Day dawn service for RAN personnel at Bear Cat in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. The officers and men of RANHFV are attached to the US Army 135th Assault Helicopter Company, which supports allied troops in South Vietnam. The last six men in the front row are, left to right: Lieutenant Robert George Ray, of Nowra, NSW; R55533 Naval Airman Mechanic Airframes and Engines (NAMAE) Ian Leonard Hughes, of Croydon Park, SA; R63752 Electrical Mechanic Air Weapons (EMAW) Adrian Keith Whiteman, of Williamstown, SA; R62745 NAMAE Francis Andrew (Frank) Eyck, of Attadale, WA; R62780 NAMAE John Robert Newell, of Nowra, NSW; and R58457 NAMAE Edward Cyril (Ted) Richards, of Kempsey, NSW.