The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SYDNEY, NSW. 1970-05-03. TWELVE YEARS OLD KERRY BADCOE IS PRESENTED TO QUEEN ELIZABETH II, WATCHED BY PRIME MINISTER JOHN GORTON, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF KINGSFORD SMITH AIRPORT. KERRY WAS THE DAUGHTER OF MAJOR PETER JOHN BADCOE (1934-67) WHO WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR GALLANTRY IN VIETNAM. SHE HAD APPROACHED THE PRIME MINISTER REQUESTING AN INVITATION TO MEET THE QUEEN AND WAS FLOWN BY THE PM TO SYDNEY AS PART OF HIS OFFICIAL PARTY. (DONOR T. KELTON)
The Prime Minister, Mr Gorton shakes hands with Private (Pte) Peter Pezet of Wentworthville on the balcony of Sydney Town Hall. Pte Pezet was among a group of wounded soldiers who watched the march o
A Vietnamese guard of honour at Tan Son Nhut airport, Saigon, South Vietnam, awaits the arrival of Prime Minister John Grey Gorton and his wife Bettina Gorton at the commencement of their tour of Viet
Informal portrait of Prime Minister John Grey Gorton, during a tour of 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) bases in Vietnam. Prime Minister Gorton is visiting a camp at Nui Dat to talk with officers and
Mr John G. Gorton, Defence Minister (centre), leaving Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airport. Mr Gorton was met at the airport by Australian Ambassador to South Vietnam, His Excellency Mr A. M. Morris (left) a
Prime Minister John Grey Gorton, took a keen interest in a Sioux helicopter during his visit to the 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight at Nui Dat. During his five hour visit to major units of the
Mr John G. Gorton, Defence Minister, takes the salute after arriving at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airport. Mr Gorton was met at the airport by the South Vietnamese Defence Minister, Lieutenant General Ngu
