The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Troopers from the Centurion tank squadron this week carried out a distribution of "goodies" for a number of families in Binh Ba village, about four miles north of the Task Force base at Nui Dat. The project was organised by the Officer Commanding the Forward Delivery troop of B Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, Captain Jeffrey Gilchrist of St Ives, NSW, The Christmas food parcels were given to 46 families and they included sweets and surplus rations. Last month about 150 families received food parcels, during the handing over ceremony of the village school damaged during the Battle of Binh Ba in June and restored by the troopers of B Squadron Tanks. However, a further 46 families had arrived in Binh Ba to swell the population and Captain Gilchrist promised these people that when he obtained the necessary commodities he would present them with food parcels also. This week he also handed over about thirty 44 gallon drums, formerly used as tar containers, for the people to use for water storage. Being Christmas week the presentation ceremony included soft drinks for the children and a general social gathering between the troopers and the villagers, particularly the children.
Christmas is the happiest time of year for children in many parts of the world even for children in the village of Nam Binh, South Vietnam, where Australian soldiers are helping to make this Christmas
When Warrant Officer Terry Smith, of Mount Druitt, NSW, arrives home from Vietnam tomorrow he leaves behind a lordly title with his Vietnamese friends. A member of the Australian Army Training Team, h
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
After an all-night march through deep jungle, troops of 5 Battalion RAR moved into position shortly after dawn to surround the village of Binh Ba. Vietnamese National Police and Government Officials
The tourist brochures will tell you that Singapore is a shopper's paradise - and they're fairly close to the mark. It's a duty-free port and for an Australian soldier and his family living in Singapor
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
