VN/66/0077/07 Accession Number: VN/66/0077/07

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370 Air Commodore (AC) Jack Dowling, of Adelaide, SA, Commander of RAAF Forces Vietnam, was invited to present diplomas to 20 Australians graduating from a Vietnamese language course. The course was conducted by the Armed Forces Language School in Saigon, which is currently training 800 students. The Vietnamese are taught English and the Koreans, Australian, New Zealanders and Americans are taught Vietnamese. During his visit to the Language School, AC Dowling was shown the Vietnamese National Flower, the Hoa Mai. Miniature replicas of the flowers are worn buy the officers of the Vietnamese forces to depict their rank. Identified left to right: Hoang Thi Quynh Hoa, teacher; AC Dowling; 54411 Bombardier (Bdr) David Percival Gratwick, 1st Field Regiment (1Fld Regt), of Cottesloe, WA; School Commandant Phan Thong Trang.

Details

Accession Number
VN/66/0077/07
Photographer
Gerald Wallace Westbury
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Date Made
October 1966
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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