[Christmas messages 1967] NSW version DPR/TV/749 (Soldiers greetings from Vietnam)

Accession Number F04683
Collection type Film
Measurement 23 min 45 sec
Object type Actuality footage, Television news footage
Physical description 16mm/b&w/sound
Maker Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Place made Vietnam: Ninh Thuan Province, Phan Rang, Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat, Vietnam: Quang Nam Province, Da Nang, Vietnam: South Vietnam, Saigon, Vietnam: Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau
Date made 1967
Access Open
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Christmas greetings to family and friends from Australians serving in Vietnam. Produced for broadcast on NSW television by the Australian Army Directorate of Public Relations. Location filmed: Nui Dat. 1. 13 Major General Douglas Vincent HQ AFV. Location filmed: Saigon 2. 2784668 Lieutenant (Lt) Grahame Thomas Turner AFV Pro Unit of Sydney 3. Corporal (Cpl) Paul Henry Blackwell 110 Sig Sqn of Sydney. Location filmed: Danang 4. 235274 Captain (Capt) Peter Mc Allister Reid AATTV (14 Coy attached 5th Special Forces) of Sydney. Location filmed: Phan Rang. 5. 311706 Cpl Robert Henry Foreman No. 2 Squadron (Sqn) RAAF 6. Cpl Ken Harris Patterson (?) No. 2 Sqn RAAF 7. 315358 Cpl Maxwell Lyle Campbell No. 2 Sqn RAAF of Jerilderie 8. 22534 Sergeant (Sgt) Raymond Alexander Morrison No. 2 Sqn RAAF of Glenbrook. Location filmed: Nui Dat. 9. 2389 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Eric Harold Smith CO 7 RAR 10. 2784402 Trp Paul Joseph Byrnes 'A' Sqn 3 Cav Rgt of Griffith NSW 11. 216833 Trooper Ron Charles Mcey 'A' Sqn 3 Cav Rgt of Nowra 12. 2912 Warrant Officer (WO) Neville Reginald Delamotte 198 Wks Sect of Chester Hill 13. 214482 Sgt Dave John Poulton 17 Const Sqn of Liverpool 14. 48639 Trevor Charles Steart 17 Const Sqn 15. 37029 Colin Fizzell 7 RAR of Young 16. 2785360 Private (Pte) Sidney James Morris 7RAR of Bourke 17. 217103 Pte Trevor Bates 'B' Coy 7 RAR of Newcastle 18. 215495 Cpl Peter Russell Harriss 7 RAR of Dee Why 19. 217078 Pte Neville John Mooney 2 RAR of Blacktown 20. 5714476 Pte Gary Robert Cunningham 2RAR of Bankstown 21. 215581 Cpl Arthur Murphy Francis 2 RAR of Rathmines 22. 120026 Pte Kenneth Leslie Bowler of Werri Beach (first name Jim on film) 23. 2784235 Lance Bombardier Robert Terence Lawler HQ Battery (Bty) 4 Field Regiment (Fld Rgt) 24. Gunner (Gnr) Rickard or Rickham (?) of Fairlight 25. 214206 Cpl (?) Kenneth James Bourke HQ 1 ATF of Croydon Park or 2784489 Cpl (?) Kenneth Leonard Bourke AFV Pro Unit 26. 2785289 Terrence James Gilligan 161 Indep Recce Flt of Ryde 27. 2783622 Geoffrey Murray 1 Aust CA Unit 28. 2784779 Sapper (Spr) Robert Arthur Hucker A Sect 1 Topo Svy Tp of Kogarah 29. Cpl Bob Cooper (?) Sigs of Granville 30. Noel Hewett (?) of Sydney 31. 5714589 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Jarran Clarke Rose 2 RAR of Five Dock 32. 235007 Lt Col Noel Russell Charlesworth CO 2 RAR 33. 18835 Cpl Trevor George Gordon HQ AFV of Pittsworth, Qld 34. Pte John Colour (?) of Punchbowl 35. 2784559 Anthony Raymond Hardley 20 Ord Stores of Hornsby 36. F25129 Sister (Sr) Margaret Fay Ahern RAANC of Leeton 37. Staff Sergeant Brown (?) of Bankstown 38. 2784469 Ronald William Graham 17 Const Sqn of Wagga Wagga 39. Pte John Snide (?) of Chesterhill 40. 2783583 Crfts Donald Bruce Connell SVN Det 1 Div Wksp of Five Dock 41. 2784123 Cpl Ronald Graham Brown 102 Fd Wksp 42. 2228 Leading Seaman (SMN) George Bragge HMAS Sydney of Drumoyne 43. 63807 Able Seaman (AB) David Charles Trompp CDT3 of Douglas Park 44. 219844 LAC William McCreadie RAAF Fairbairn 45. 14016 Sgt John Algie Lennox RAAF Williamtown 46. Cpl King (?) of Holsworthy 47. Spr Mason (?) of Newcastle.

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