The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A concert party headed by Australian entertainer Lucky Starr entertained troops of the 1st Australian Task Force camp at Nui Dat South Vietnam. The group, spending its second Christmas in Vietnam gave two concerts for the troops on Boxing Day. Each performance was attended by at least 500 Australian soldiers. Sydney Comedian Terry Scanlon gave the show a breezy start and was followed by New Zealand Singer Sheryl Blake. Music was supplied by the Rajahs, a popular instrumental trio; Leon Isaacson, Drummer; Mike Lawler, Bass; and John Hayton, Guitarist. Lucky Starr handed over the first batch of films of current Australian TV shows to Major Ron Hamlyn for screening to troops of the task force in Vietnam. Earlier the concert party had given concerts in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Their tour was sponsored by the Australian Forces Over Seas Fund.
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1966-12. Popular Australian entertainer Lucky Starr, on stage with his guitar, sings to a large audience of diggers. Lucky's concert was a special Christmas treat for the soldiers of
Fresh back from their first operation in South Vietnam soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, this week relaxed at Nui Dat with entertainment by a Sydney concert party. There were n
Seven members of a Government sponsored concert party arrive at an Australian fire support base in southern Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. The Sydney entertainers became one of the first groups to
Bare-backed Diggers of the Australian Task Force at Nui Dat, Vietnam, joined in with community numbers and clapped with the band during the present concert tour of Vietnam by Australian artists. The c
More than 1200 Australian Task Force soldiers sat through torrential monsoon rain for an hour today to hear Australia's top television entertainer, Lorrae Desmond, perform for them. The applause was s
The members of the Third All Queensland Concert Party won the hearts of two thousand Australian soldiers at Nui Dat this week with their singing, dancing and jokes. The soldiers, dressed in jungle gre
