7 RAR South Vietnam 1967-1968 / Peter Gates

Accession Number F00262
Collection type Film
Measurement 9 min
Object type Home movie
Physical description 8mm super/colour (Kodachrome)/silent
Maker Gates, Peter
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat, Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat, Luscombe Airfield
Date made 1967-1968
Access Open
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

Super 8mm film taken by Peter Gates during his service with 7 RAR in Vietnam 1967-1968 mainly at Administration Company lines, Nui Dat. Shows 3411857 Private (Pte) Peter Gates at 9 Platoon 7 RAR lines. 2412544 Pte Graham 'Darby' Munro at 9 Platoon area. RAAF Iroquois helicopter lands at Kangaroo Pad for resupply. 38764 Robert 'Bob' Michael Devers looks at camera during resupply. 28029 Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Allan Frederick 'SOS' Hughes Administration Company walks towards camera. Private Bob Devers Administration Company sitting in Land Rover. Iroquois helicopter landing at Kangaroo pad 7 RAR. 7 RAR Post Exchange (PX). Administration Company lines. Unidentified solder digging pit. Firing M60 Machine gun in weapons test pit. 13588 SSgt Ronald 'Sooky' Sawers at bat in 7 RAR cricket match. Party for members of National Service intake 2/66 showing 39071 Philip David Littler, 3950008 Edward Donald 'Coffee Pot' Matthews (Salvation Army member attached to 7 RAR), Dick Powell, Owen Inman. RAAF Caribou taking off Luscombe field. 39063 Maxwell Ronald Hemmens and 'SOS' Hughes inspect red smoke. Parade. Soldiers heading out on patrol on M-113 Armoured Personnel Carriers. Various scenes Administration Company lines 7 RAR. Brief zooming shot of SAS Hill. Various scenes Administration lines 7 RAR.

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