The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The seven members of a government sponsored concert party to South Vietnam this week brought more than two hours of Christmas cheer to about 1,500 Australian soldiers at Nui Dat. The concert party, led by comedian and compere Johnny Holmes of Sydney, NSW, performed for soldiers on Christmas Day in the red earth amphitheatre at the end of Luscombe airstrip at Nui Dat. The soldiers, dressed in jungle greens and clutching rifles, stamped their feet, cheered, whistled and clapped their way through two hours of singing, jokes, gags and music. In the middle of a 24-hour Christmas cease fire truce, the soldiers watching the concert completely forgot the war that had ceased at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve and would not resume until 6 p.m. on Christmas Day. The members of the concert party were Sean Callip and Sonja Tallis, folk singers; Gail Squires, Carolyn Young and Beverly Hay, vocalists; Ted Preston, organist; and Darryl Scott, drummer. In a 16 day tour of South Vietnam the members will perform at about 20 concerts for upwards of 30,000 soldiers at Nui Dat, Vung Tau, Saigon, Phang Rang and Danang. (Also identified: Sergeant John Perry of Dunedin, NZ, with binoculars; Private Alan Moore of Croydon, NSW, with camera; Pte Ernie Thomson of Erskinville, NSW, with cine camera; Pte Harry Jacobsen of Murdialloc, Vic).
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
The 11th Government-sponsored concert party to visit Vietnam played two concerts at Luscombe Bowl, Nui Dat, during a two-week tour of Australian and United States bases. Headed by comedian Eddie Mendo
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
A concert party of Adelaide entertainers performed for troops at the Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat in Vietnam this week. The big crowd of about 1500, heavily sprinkled with 5th Battalion soldi
