The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A major step in the withdrawal of Australian troops from South Vietnam was completed last weekend with the movement of the Headquarters, 1st Australian Task Force, from its former base at Nui Dat to the 1st Australian Logistic Support Group area at Vung Tau. A mammoth quantity of stores and equipment was withdrawn with the soldiers to the seaward exit of Phuoc Tuy Province, in preparation for the homeward trip to Australia. An apparent chaos of jumbled equipment was soon transformed into orderly convoys of laden trucks, for the eighteen-mile drive to the coast. Crews of armoured personnel carriers keep a protective eye on the convoy from behind heavy calibre machine guns. Vietnamese police clear the way as the military column grinds through the provincial capital, Baria. Passing through the fishing village of Cat Lo, the convoy is nearing Vung Tau, a flourishing holiday resort. The Australian Task Force Headquarters had pulled out of Nui Dat five years after troops of the 5th and 6th Battalions, The Royal Australian Regiment, secured the area. From there, Task Force combat troops had gone to hunt the enemy throughout Phuoc Tuy.
A warm, sunny day greeted Vietnamese President Theiu when he made a delayed Christmas call on the 1st Australian Task Force based at Nui Dat. The President was scheduled to visit Nui Dat before Christ
Eleven more Centurion tanks have arrived in Vietnam for service with the 1st Australian Task Force at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy Province. The tanks, which each weigh fifty tons, were unloaded from a United
Nui Dat - home of the Australian Task Force in Vietnam for more than five years - was finally evacuated by the Australians last weekend with the move to Vung Tau of the 4th Battalion of the Royal Aust
A topographic map titled 'Nui Dat (Special)' covering the area around the 1st Australian Task Force Base, Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province. Scale 1:10,000, edition 4, Royal Australian Survey Corps, 1970. S
A topographical map titled 'Nui Dat (Special)' covering the area around the 1st Australian Task Force Base, Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province. Scale 1:10 000, edition 3, Royal Australian Survey Corps, 1968.
Members of the 1st Australian Task Force Base at Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, have added a Gun Club to their already numerous recreational facilities. The ear shattering sound of the 10
