Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1970-01. Three liaison officers from the 1st Australian Civil Affairs ...

Accession Number WAR/70/0038/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Ward, Peter Anthony
Date made 1970
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

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Description

Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1970-01. Three liaison officers from the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit outside the unit orderly room at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF). Left to right: Lieutenant John Sullivan of Nambour, Qld; Captain Doug MacLennan of Camberwell, Vic; Lieutenant Barry Smith of Albury, NSW. The three Vietnamese speaking officers are the eyes and ears of their unit. They travel around Phuoc Tuy meeting the people and co-ordinating civil aid programmes.