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Gillman speaks of the establishment of an area of base operations for 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) in Phuoc Tuy Province; units that comprise 1 ATF; unit programs in the Province and schemes implemented by the Task Force Commander to interrupt resupply of Viet Cong in the area; the general topography of Phuoc Tuy Province; the need for members of the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers to maintain weapons and equipment in all weather conditions; the resupply of troops in South Vietnam; some of the types of weapons used by 1 ATF; his uncertainty about the length of time hostilities are to continue.
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Gillman reports on schemes introduced by Brigadier Stuart Clarence Graham as Commander 1st Australian Task Force, for assisting the South Vietnamese authorities to control the movement of the populati
Staugaitis speaks of his family and educational background; his role at 1st Australian Task Force base and in the civic aid programs in Phuoc Tuy Province; an interesting incident when he had to extra
Gillman reports on the civic action work of 1st Australian Task Force in the village of Hoa Long, Phuoc Tuy Province - the construction of an information and education centre, a market place, a dispen
Gillman speaks of the role of training teams around Dat Do, Phuoc Tuy Province; Operation Vanimo; a training team-organised exercise to build morale for South Vietnamese units.
Gillman reports on some of incidental hazards of war encountered by 1st Australian Task Force in Phuoc Tuy Province - ants, bees, snakes, alligators, scorpions, enraged water buffaloes, startled deer
Gillman reports on the work of the resident civil affairs worker Lance Bombadier Robert Graeme Nicholson 108th Field Battery in 1967 at Binh Gia and Hoa Long, Phuoc Tuy Province.