The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A brief, but colourful parade last week (Jan 3) saw the Australian Army Training Team in South Vietnam begin a new role - the training of Cambodian soldiers. The parade was held at the Long Hai Training Camp, in Phuoc Tuy Province. The Australian contingent comprised six officers and twenty-four warrant officers. A senior American officer, Brigadier General S. L. McClellan, said the event turned a new page in Australian history. The Commander, Australian Force Vietnam, 2289 Major General Donald Beaumont Dunstan, also addressed the parade. The Cambodians are being trained in two camps in the Long Hai area - the mountains in which the Australian Task Force took some of its heaviest casualties during the late nineteen - sixties. The Training Team instructors have undergone two weeks of refresher training for their new task. Each group of Cambodians will be given an intensive twelve-week course in weapon handling and basic military tactics, topped off by field exercises.
Long Hai, South Vietnam. 3 January 1972. Members of the Australian contingent stand fast during an inauguration parade last week to welcome them to the Long Hai and Phuoc Tuy Training Centres in Phuoc
Long Hai, South Vietnam. January 1972. Members of the Australian contingent stand fast during an inauguration parade to welcome them to the Long Hai and Phuoc Tuy Training Centres in Phuoc Tuy Provinc
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1972. Cambodians at the Long Hai Training Centre in Phuoc Tuy Province, being trained by members of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV). Membe
At the 1st Australian Task Force Base in Nui Dat, South Vietnam, a colourful parade marked the changeover of artillery field regiments, earlier this week. Pipes and drums of 6th Battalion, The Royal A
Australians in Vietnam have begun a refresher training course for a battalion the 18th Division of the South Vietnamese Army. It is the first of three six week courses for ARVN battalions to be run at
Nestled between picturesque Nha Trang and steep jungle clad mountains, the Vietnamese Ranger Training Centre at Duc My exudes a holiday atmosphere betrayed only by the occasional chatter of machine gu
