Lieutenant Commander Graham Rohrsheim (left), of Indooroopilly, Qld, Commanding Officer RAN ...

Accession Number NAVY19373
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
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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.

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