The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) at their base at Bien Hoa. The village children had never seen swings or see-saws before, and had to be shown by the diggers how to use them.
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
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
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 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
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
Ong Huong, Vietnam. 1966-06. Private John Sewell of Roseberry, Sydney, NSW, helps Vietnamese children in their playground on the swing set built by soldiers of the Royal Australian Electrical and Mech
