The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1966-01. Operation Playground gets under way as Diggers load children's play equipment built by soldiers of the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) at their base workshop for distribution to two villages near Bien Hoa. The villages, Tan Phu and Ong Huong, were given swings, see-saws, tarzan bars, maypole swings and playground seats made in the workshops. The village children had never seen swings and see-saws before, and had to be taught how to use them.
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1966-01-18. Craftsman Terry Milfull of Raceview, near Ipswich, Qld, gives a helping hand to a Vietnamese child as he tries out the swing, a gift of children's playground equipment i
Vietnam. 1966-01-18. Children of the village of Ong Huong try out a maypole swing installed by Australian soldiers. The children's playground equipment was built by soldiers of the Royal Australian El
Vietnam. 1966-01-18. Village fun for Vietnamese children was provided by a gift of playground equipment to two villages by Australian soldiers stationed at Bien Hoa. The children had never seen swings
Forging the links of friendship, Corporal Ernie Stanmore of Maclean, NSW (left), Warrant Officer Dennis Henrys of Hammondville, NSW, and Captain Tom Heeson of Seaford, Vic, install children's playgrou
Vietnam. 1966-01-18. Craftsman (Cfn) Terry Milfull of Raceview, near Ipswich, Qld, mends a child's tricycle at the village of Ong Huong, during a goodwill visit by a small group of Australian soldiers
Vietnam. 1966-01-18. Children of the village of Ong Huong on a see-saw after the soldiers donated and installed playground equipment for them. The children had never seen a see-saw before, and had to
