Photos Aussies and Kiwi's in Vietnam

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LCpl 'Kare' Kaipara, 1 Platoon, W Company

 

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Pani Haronga served with 2 Platoon, W Company.

 

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Pte Harry Albert, M60 Gunner, 3 Section, 2 Platoon, W Company.

 

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WO2 I 'Ali' Barber, CSM of W Company in Vietnam.

 

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LCpl Jack Te Kani, 2IC 2 Section, 3 Platoon, W Company.

 

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Vietnam. 1967-06. Troops of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), stand guard during a pause in escorting Vietnamese detainees to a safe area for interrogation, during Operation Broken Hill in Phuoc Tuy Province.
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Original description and photo sourced by www.awm.gov.au/collection/COL/67/0493/VN/

 

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Vietnam. 1966-12. Gunner Roy Elliot of Bass Hill, NSW, holds up a plastic Santa Claus which was sent to him by relatives. Gunner Elliot is serving with 103 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base
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Engineer Tunnel Rats, attached to 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR).
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Original description and photo sourced by www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1178927

 

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Vietnam. 1965-12-25. Despite Christmas festivities the war is never far away as indicated by the pistol worn by Warrant Officer Harold Smith, Company Sergeant Major, B Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), of Macquarie Fields, NSW. Warrant Officer Smith was just presented with a medal for endurance above and beyond the call of duty during the hectic Christmas Day celebrations.
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Original description and photo sourced by: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C310790

 

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Happy Holidays from Vietnam
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-12. The top of an armoured personnel carrier served as a Christmas sleigh for these two troopers from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment when they opened their Christmas parcel from the Australian Forces Overseas Fund to the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF). Trooper (Tpr) Ian Johnston of Maroubra, NSW (left) and Tpr Graham (Shorty) Maycock of Neutral Bay, NSW, examine some of the goods in the box.
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Original description and photo sourced by www.awm.gov.au/collection/C323709

 

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New Zealand troops loading an L5 howitzer into an M113 armoured personnel carrier in Vietnam.From Ian McGibbon, New Zealand's Vietnam War (2010) p95:The L5 howitzer, [US Brigadier General Ellis W.] Williamson noted soon after the New Zealanders arrived 'appears to be an ideal gun for this war'. His enthusiasm derived from the weapon's portability. Weighing only 1300 kilograms, it was light enough to be carried by helicopter and compact enough to fit into the M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC). NZ Gov.

 

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Troop commander Terry Culley, NZSAS.

 

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Five members of 3 Platoon W2 Company were wounded during this contact, May 1969. Here the platoon medic, Peter ‘Speedy’ Jacobs (left), treats one of the seriously wounded, James (Kelly) Illolahia.

 

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Victor 2 Company Mortar Section, November 1967–May 1968.
Back row (left to right): Pte L.T. Avery; Pte E.B. Hunter; Pte I.C. Boyce; Pte M.R. Ritani
Front row (left to right): Pte P. Tuhoro; Sgt W.R. Mato; Sgt E. Tataurangi; Pte C.A. Thompson
Insert (left to right): LCpl G.A. Wiringi; Pte J.R. Gardner; Cpl K.J. Donaldson
Reference
Image courtesy Rosemary Matthews NZ Gov.

 

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Victor 4 Company soldiers with a souvenired North Vietnamese flag (Noel Bell)

 

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Aftermath of a contact between Victor 4 Company and Viet Cong forces, circa 1969 (Noel Bell)

 

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An Australian SAS trooper, possibly Sergeant Ray Swallow, expresses his relief at being uplifted safely from the jungle.

 

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Vietnam. 1966-06-18. Private Jim Burton of Scarborough, Perth, WA (left), and Corporal Bob Walker of Stafford, Brisbane, Qld, blow the froth from welcome cans of American beer during a break in digging-in operations with the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), in hot humid monsoonal weather conditions.
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Original description and photo sourced by: www.awm.gov.au/collection/CUN:66:0483:VN

 

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. April 1971. Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sir Thomas Daly (left), paid farewell a visit to soldiers at the 1st Australian Task Force Base (1ATF) in Nui Dat. Here he is speaking with Lance Corporal Stephen Thornton of Tamworth, NSW (right), a member of 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), while two other soldiers look on.
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Original description and photo sourced by: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C325236