The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vietnam. 1967. More than 4500lbs of clothing, food, rice and school books were distributed to villagers of Xuyen Moc, 15 miles east of the 1st Australian Task Force Headquarters. Receiving their share of writing materials, books, and ice cream are two Vietnamese children.
Xuyen Moc, Vietnam. 1967. More than 300 ice creams were handed out to Vietnamese children by Second Lieutenant Mike Meehan of Scarborough, WA. Lt Meehan, a pilot with 161st (Independent) Reconnaissanc
While celebrations continued at Xuyen Moc, Civil Affairs officers and men from the Australian Logistic Support Headquarters, at Vung Tau, were preparing to lift a huge consignment of clothing, cooking
Vietnam. 1967. A little girl from Xuyen Moc clutches a packet of school material and soft drink mix. The items were part of an Australian Army civil aid program for the village.
Hoa Long, Vietnam. 1967-10. Educational material presented by Captain Neville Smith of Coopers Plains, Qld, were received with gratitude by these Vietnamese children. More than 1,500 educational kits
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1967-12. Task Force fortifications require the use of thousands of sand bags. A daily work force of Vietnamese villagers turn up at the sandpit, a few miles from Nui Dat, to fi
Vietnam. 1967-10. Church of England Chaplain General, the Very Reverend Alan E. Begbie of Epping, NSW, speaking with Vietnamese children at a water pump, in the resettlement village of Ap Suoi Nghe, n
