The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. 1968-01. Striding through the heavily defended Army of the Republic of Vietnam compound known as PK 17, is the Commander of the Australian Force in Vietnam, Major-General Douglas Vincent of Canberra, ACT (centre). With him are an American adviser and Major Neville Wilson of Puckapunyal, Vic, the senior Australian adviser in Hue. General Vincent was making his final tour of Australian Army Training Team (AATT) posts before returning to Australia. Note the barbed wire fences.
Thon Doa Dau, South Vietnam. 1968-01. A Vietnamese artist paints a Buddhist prayer mat on the ground. He is watched by Australian Army adviser Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) John Collins of Blacktown,
South Vietnam. 1968-04. The Commander of the Australian Forces in Vietnam, Major General A. L. MacDonald (left), speaks with Sergeant Peter De Jong of Puckapunyal, Vic. To the right is an armoured rec
Australia's Commander-Designate in Vietnam, Major-General A. L. MacDonald (right), and the outgoing Commander, Major-General Douglas Vincent, both of Canberra, ACT, at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airport ju
Vietnam. 1967-11. A young Vietnamese boy, Hue, takes a running jump at Captain Peter Reid of Sylvania Waters, NSW, an adviser with the Mobile Strike Force. Hue was cared for by Australian troops after
Hue, South Vietnam. 1969-10. Major (Maj) Gordon Brown of Puckapunyal, Vic, discusses a point with Captain Het, the chief of the Nam Hoa District (right) who is holding a baton. Maj Brown is Senior Adv
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1968-05. The Adjutant General, Major General C. E. Long, emerges from a bunker at the Horseshoe, a heavily defended feature south-east of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) B
