The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Task Force base at Nui Dat, Vietnam has been given an official name and Diggers of the Task Force are spending most of their spare time improving the hamlet and helping the villagers to become settled. The official name for the village is Ap Suoi Nghe. So far 180 families which were moved from a Viet Cong staging and supply area have been resettled in their new homes. Afurther 40 families are still to be settled. One of the major tasks at present is the construction of houses. Timber for the houses has been supplied by all Task Force units and most of the work on the site is being done by Australian engineers. Although the moonsoon season has almost passed, levelling and drainage are still two important features in the development of the village. Not all the work is being done by Australians. When not chasing their cattle, the local Vietnamese also lend a hand with the construction. When not engaged on improvements to the village, the villagers are given the opportunity to listen to music, in this case provided by the band of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
Faced with the threat of increased Viet Cong terrorism as Vietnam's Presidential elections draw near, troops of the 1st Australian Task Force at Nui Dat move into Hoa Long village. Their mission is to
The constructions sounds of hammering and sawing took over from the sounds of battle in the village of Binh Ba, five miles north of the Australian Task Force, this week. Civil affairs workers and engi
Several times a week the team, from the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, moves out from the Task Force base at Nui Dat to villages in the province. One such village visited this week is An Nhut, six
After an all night march through deep jungle, troops of 5th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, moved into position shortly after dawn to surround a Vietnamese Village. They were acting in co-op
While American armoured vehicles patrol the area surrounding Tram Bong Village, in Bien Hoa Province, Vietnam, Australian troops and Vietnamese civilians are working together to rebuild homes destroye
It was two days of disturbance for about 200 Vietnamese families when they were moved from their village ten miles north of the Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat in Vietnam, to a resettlement vill
