The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Adjutant General (Major-General A.L. MacDonald) paid a brief visit to Ap Suoi Nghe during a tour of Australian installations, civil aid projects, and talks with troops. Four miles north of the 1st Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, the village is expanding as more refugee families are brought in from outlying areas for resettlement. General MacDonald spoke with engineers assisting families improve their houses and blocks of land, and was briefed by Lieutenant- Colonel John McDonagh, of Dickson Canberra, Canberra, ACT, the Commander of 1st Australian Civil Aid Unit, responsible for the project. Situated on a ridge line, the villagers will finally be able to grow their own vegetables and rice, and be virtually self supporting. Before he moved off, General MacDonald spoke with members of Vietnamese families through an interpreter. He was met at Task Force Headquarters by its Commander Brigadier Stewart Graham.
The Minister for the Army, Mr Phillip Lynch, lost no time during his visit to Vietnam in meeting officers and men serving in the theatre and with familiarising himself with Phuoc Tuy province, home of
Among the most consistent activities by troops of the Australian Task Force in Vietnam is the administration of medical and dental aid to the people in villages and hamlets throughout Phuoc Tuy Provin
Two miles from the Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat is the resettlement hamlet of Ap Suoi Nghe. Twelve months ago this land was a tract of matted jungle and then the Australian Civil Affairs Unit
Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-03. South Vietnamese children crowd around Captain Ian Menzies of Mt Martha, Vic, as he hands out toys and candy at Ap Suoi Nghe resettlement village, just outside th
It was a day of days for over 1000 Vietnamese in the brand new hamlet of Ap Suoi Nghe near the Australian Task Force base in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. The gala event was the flag raising cere
Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-03. South Vietnamese children and adults crowd around Captain Ian Menzies of Mt Martha, Vic, as he hands out toys and candy at Ap Suoi Nghe resettlement village, just
