The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An uplift to education in the South Vietnam village of Hoa Long has been provided by the Army's Civil Affairs Unit and troops of the 1st Australian Task Force. Both Units are based at Nui Dat in Vietnam. Eleven year old Nguyen Thi Kim Chi won a competition organised by Australians. She also won the honour of being named outstanding student at her school in the village. As her prize she won a bicycle which was presented by the Commanding Officer of the Civil Affairs Unit, Lieutenant-Colonel John McDonagh, of Canberra, ACT. After the presentation a party was held at the school, and fruit and sweets donated by the Australian soldiers were a staple part of the menu. The problem of education in small Vietnamese villages is a matter of keen interest with Australians in Vietnam. They are constantly trying to help local teachers raise the educational standard, and give children greater opportunities to study.
South Vietnam. 1967-12. The opening of additional classrooms at Baria High School, Phuoc Tuy Province, ensures secondary education for about 300 Vietnamese students who would otherwise be denied the o
The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, last week staged its first civic action project in Vietnam. The village given help was Dat Do, 15 miles from the battalion's tentlines and until recently,
One of the many Civil Aid projects carried out by the Australian Army in Phuoc Tuy Province South Vietnam has been to help in the re-building and re-equipping of the school at An Ngai destroyed during
Soldiers of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit are helping to foster a booming chicken raising industry in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. Each week two Australian soldiers drive fourty five mil
Hoa Long, Vietnam. 1967-10. Members of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit inspect recently completed additional classrooms at the Hoa Long Elementary School. Left to right: the Commanding Officer o
People of the South Vietnam village of Nam Binh recently invited a group of Australian soldiers to share in their Vietnamese New Year celebrations. The occasion was a banquet arranged especially for t
