The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Behind every operation mounted by Australian troops in Vietnam is a group of soldiers performing the background role of logistic support. This group of 130 men comprise the 1st Australian Army Logistic Support Company. Their stores cater for ordance, engineers, electrical and mechanical engineers, dental and medical. The Australian troops arrived in American buses escorted by American armed jeeps; the troops move into camp and carry on with their logistic duties as well as providing their own perimeter defence. Identified personnel: Corporal Bronte Kramer, Major R B Macdonald O C 1st AALSC, Warrant Officer J McCloughan RAEME, Warrant Officer Stan Edwards CSM, Helmut Lewandowski of US 173rd Airborne Bde, Captain Peter J Naughton of North Curl Curl, Craftsman Brian Neville of Molong NSW, Sergeant Bryan Thomson, Sapper Ron Williams of Frankston VIC.
Troops and vehicle moved into positions on the south bank of the Dong Nai River early morning and throughout the day directed their fire at preplanned targets across the river in war zone 'D', which t
A further 350 Australian troops comprising armour, artillery, engineers, signals, light aircraft and logistic elements arrived in Vietnam aboard the RAN troop carrier HMAS 'Sydney' to bring the Austra
The Minister for the Army Dr J A Forbes, arrived at Tan Son Nhut airport, Saigon, for a three day visit to Australian soldiers. Apart from visiting 1RAR and Australian Logistic Support Company at Bie
Troops of the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), were taking up tactical positions within two hours of their arrival in Vietnam on Friday 4th June 1965. From the Tan Son Nhut airbase in
For hundreds of Australians living in South Vietnam, home to them is Vung Tau. One of Vietnam's busiest seaports, it juts out into the South China Sea from the Asian mainland and its a vital point on
At a ceremony in Vung Tau, three visiting members of the Defend Australia Committee presented portable radios to the junior boys military academy. The Commander of the 1st Australian Logistic Support
