The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1969-05. The Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, General (Gen) Sir John Wilton (centre) chats with Mechanic Ron Hayes of Nowra, NSW (far right), at Bearcat. Gen Wilton was paying a quick visit to the American-Australian 135th Assault Helicopter Company (EMU) base, which was one stop on his six day tour. Left to right: The Commanding Officer of the 135th, Major Harry Woodmansee; the Commander of Australian Forces in Vietnam (COMAFV), Major General R. A. Hay of Canberra, ACT; the Second in Command of the Helicopter Company, Lieutenant Commander Graham Rorsheim of Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Qld. Forty six Australian Navy pilots and ground crew are attached to the Company which operates mostly in the Four Corps Delta region ferrying and supporting Government troops.
Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1969-05. The Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, General (Gen) Sir John Wilton, takes the salute at the march past of troops from the Royal Thai Panther Divisi
RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam (RANHFV) is attached to the US Army 135th Assault Helicopter Company, at the Bearcat Base in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. During a visit to the base, General (Gen) S
Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1969-05. Major General (Maj Gen) R. A. Hay, the Commander of Australian Forces in Vietnam (COMAFV), talks with sailors in the Enlisted Mens' Mess at Bearcat. Left to
General (Gen) Sir John Wilton of Canberra, ACT (left), Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee is greeted by Lieutenant General Tran Ngoc Tam, Chairman of the Free World Military Assistance Organisa
General (Gen) Sir John Wilton of Canberra, ACT (left), Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, salutes the Australian and Vietnamese national flags at an honour guard for him at Tan Son Nhut airpor
Bearcat, South Vietnam. 1969-03. Lieutenant M. Speedy, RAN, uses a chainsaw to cut beams on a bunker at the 135th Assault Helicopter Company (EMU) base.
