The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Men of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Units are putting the finishing touches to a project which will bring electricity to a Vietnamese village about seven miles from the Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat. The site is the village of Tam Phuoc, nestling near the foothills of the Long Hai mountains, traditional haunt of the local Viet Cong guerillas. Joining the Civil Affairs soldiers are a group of Vietnamese, who have been apprenticed to the Australians for trade experience. The electricity, to be connected within the next few weeks, will bring a new life to the 700 villagers of Tam Phuoc, allowing them to use household appliances which were previously impossible to operate - irons, sewing machines, television sets and radios. Carpenters, electricians and other specialists have been working on the Tam Phuoc (pronounced Tam Fook) project for the past five months. The villagers contributed about $6,500 which purchased the generator, and each household connected will pay $10, which will be ploughed back into other aid for the community. Their work will be climaxed early in December when the lights are switched on for the first time and the oil lamps are extinguished for good. Also identified: Sapper Brendon Rowse of Glandore, SA; 4721431 Private (Pte) Albert Mario Gallio of Cumberland Park, SA; 17133 Captain Richard Douglas (Dick) Warren of Turramurra, NSW; Pte Ken Thompson of Maroubra, NSW; Pte Phil Scottnet-Turbill of Mitcham, SA.
In a combined Australian and Vietnamese project, the civil affairs unit with the Australian Task Force in Vietnam, has been given the task of building 139 houses in the Long Dien district. The houses
Montagnard farmers in South Vietnam's Phuoc Tuy Province will reap a better rice crop this year, thanks to the help of the Australian Army's 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, based at Nui Dat. This m
Operation New Life - sponsored by the Returned Servicemens' League of Australia - is helping Vietnamese throughout Phuoc Tuy province to a better and fuller life. This week members of the 1st Australi
Australian soldiers in Vietnam are preparing to hand over their ambitious village water reticulation programme to the people of Phuoc Tuy Province. Men of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit are now
Soldiers of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit in South Vietnam recently held a field day for farmers of Phuoc Tuy Province. The aim was to show the Vietnamese - traditionally rice farmers - the ad
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