[Christmas messages 1968] South Australian version DPR/TV/? (Soldiers greetings from Vietnam)

Accession Number F04693
Collection type Film
Measurement 36 min 36 sec
Object type Actuality footage, Television news footage
Physical description 16mm/b&w/sound
Maker Directorate of Public Relations
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Fire Support Base Flinders, Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat, Vietnam: South Vietnam, Saigon, Vietnam: Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau
Date made 1968
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 South Australian television by the Australian Army Directorate of Public Relations. 1. 18 Major General (Maj Gen) Arthur Leslie Macdonald HQ AFV 2. 61592 Corporal (Cpl) Allen Raymond Pullen 110 Sig Sqn of Mile end 3. 4719662 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Allan John Cook 110 Sig Sqn Brookland Park. Location filmed Nui Dat 4. 3163 Brigadier (Brig) Cedric Maudsley Pearson HQ 1ATF 5. 4319 Anthony John King 12 Field Regiment of Edwardstown 6. 4719292 Alan James Good 12 Field Regiment of Flinders Park 7. 43918 John David Carruth 12 Field Regiment of Alice Springs 8. 41695 Major Gavin Charles Andrews 12 Field Regiment of Sandgate, Brisbane 9. 44054 L Cpl Kevin John Hunter ‘C’ Sqn 1 Armd Regt of Seacombe Gardens 10. 4411036 Trooper (Tpr) Russell Barry Wear ‘C’ Sqn 1 Armd Regt of Semaphore Park 11. 4719510 Tpr Robert Mitchell Lamond ‘C’ Sqn 1 Armd Regt of Adelaide 12. 43950 Cpl Geoffrey William Bennett ‘C’ Sqn 1 Armd Regt of Reynella 13. 4718982 Tpr John Michael Ballantyne ‘A’ Sqn 3 Cav Regt of Park Holme 14. 4719302 Tpr Anthony John Hermanson ‘A’ Sqn 3 Cav Regt of West Croydon 15. 4719835 Sapper John M. Tickle 1 Fd Sqn RAE of Brighton 16. Sapper (Spr)Tony J Ryan 1 Fd Sqn RAE (?) of Summerton Park 17. 4719694 Spr Derwyn John Hage 1 Fd Sqn of Wallaroo 18. 4719842 Spr Kenneth Wayne Vears 21. Eng Spt of Woodville 19. 44156 Spr John Prior 161 Independent Rec Flt of Two Wells 20. 27989 Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Christopher Ford 5 Pl 1 RAR of Grange 21. 43928 Private (Pte) William Gall 1 RAR of Elizabeth 22. 2787665 John Richard Williams 1 RAR of Moningee (?) or 44196 John Joseph Williams 1 RAR 23. 4719884 Pte Lyle Geoffrey Bilton 1 RAR of Renmark 24. 4719063 Michael Jeffrey Harvey 1 RAR of Morphetville 25. 57004 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Phillip Harvey Bennett CO 1 RAR 26. 4719388 Pte Peter William Thring 4 RAR of Torrensville 27. 43275 Cpl Dean Faust 4 RAR of Ridgehaven 28. 43454 Pte Clifford Harold Seery 4 RAR of Ethelton 29. 3791751 Pte Darryl Ashley Ward of Gorla or Goolwa? 30. 42577 Cpl Kenneth Williams Knowles 4 RAR of Elizabeth 31. 4719033 Charles Ellull 4 RAR of Edwardstone 32. 44041 L Cpl Johannes Cornelius Fleer 4 RAR of Prospect 33. 2787602 Robert Skalij 4 RAR of Prospect 34. 2376 Lt Col Leon Roderic Greville CO 4 RAR of Hamilton, Brisbane. Location filmed FSB Lion 35. 4719418 Gunner (Gnr) Philip Allen Sheedy Det 131 Div Loc Bty of Port Lincoln 36. 44153 Lance Bombardier Eric Raymond Thompson Det 131 Div Loc Bty of Para Hills. Location filmed FSB Flinders 37. 44004 Gnr Robert Craig Brooker 12 Field Regiment of Plimpton Park 38. 4719800 Gnr John William Smith 12 Field Regiment of Hamley 39. 4719405 James Francis Corcoran 12 Fied Regiment of Woomera 40. 4719371 Gnr Kenneth Gordon Schwarz 12 Field Regiment of Berri. Location filmed Long Toan 41. 279254 Major Raymond Malcolm Atkinson RAAMC of Parramatta, NSW. Location filmed Ap Sui Nghe 42. Sergeant (Sgt) Dong Vietnamese Interpreter 43. 42177 Cpl Raymond George Hames 1 Aust CA Unit of Woodville. Location filmed Nui Dat 44. 449915 Warrant Officer (WO) Ernest Hayden HQ 1 ATF of Warradale 45. Sgt Trevor Hunt (?) of Apple Park 46. 4411015 Pte Michael John Harris HQ 1 ATF of Bravewater (?) 47. 44195 Nigel Royston James HQ 1 ATF of Salisbury North 48. 4411114 Pte Riccardo Giamcomo Depasquale 2 AOD of Windsor Gardens 49. 44352 Pte Christopher Donald Beck 2 AOD of Mount Dawson 50. 28109 WO John Edward Hammond 2 AOD of Woodville South 51. 44048 Cpl Bennie Johan Vandervlag 2 AOD of Merricourt? 52. 4411050 Pte John David White 20 Ord Stores & 2 AOD of Para Hills 53. 4718862 Craftsman Ian Perry 102 Fd Wkshp of Elizabeth 54. 4718803 Craftsman David Geoffrey Kohler 102 Fd Wkshp of Port Augusta 55. 432305 Craftsman Brian Robert Carlyle 102 Fd Wkshp of Glenelg 56. 42045 Ronald Jeffrey Brock 2 Tpt Pl of Greenacres 57. Cpl Butch Thompson (?) of Hilcrest 58. 4410883 Raymond Allan Martin 176 Air Dispatch Coy of Port Augusta 59. 4411103 Ronald Collis Hughes 176 Air Dispatch Coy of Pooraka 60. 213853 David Henry Majury 86 Tpt Pl of Watervale 61. Cpl Reg Allan (?) of Ridgehaven 62. 430707 John William Jebb 86 Tpt Pl of Atholstone 63 4410575 Cpl Michael William Chapman 1 ARU of La Grange? 64. 4719069 Pte John Hector 1 Aust Fd Hospital of Jamestown 5. 4410913 Pte Terence Andrew Hill 1 Aust Fd Hospital of Norwood 66. Sgt Herbie Rice or Ross (?) of Annandale 67. 4410893 Sgt Trevor Maxwell AFV Amenities Unit of Glenelg 68. 4719105 Cpl Douglas Harold Kokegei AFV Pro Unit of Clarence Park.

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