VN/66/0105/05 Accession Number: VN/66/0105/05

Description

During his visit to South Vietnam, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sir John Wilton, visited the RAAF Contingent Headquarters at Vung Tau. He was accompanied by the Commander of Australian Armed Forces, Vietnam, Major General (Maj Gen) Kenneth MacKay and the Officer Commanding RAAF Contingent Vung Tau, 33113 Group Captain (Gp Capt) Peter Frank Raw, of Ipswich, Qld, on the tour of the Air Force installations at the Vung Tau airfield. After his visit to Vung Tau, a No 9 Squadron, RAAF, Iroquois B Model helicopter flew Lt Gen Sir John Wilton to the Free World Headquarters of the Allied Forces in Saigon. Here, Maj Gen MacKay (left) and Lt Gen Sir John Wilton board the RAAF helicopter taking them to Saigon.

Details

Accession Number
VN/66/0105/05
Photographer
Gerald Wallace Westbury
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Date Made
c November 1966
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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