The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Three Australian Rules footballers stretch for the ball bounced by the Chief of Staff of the Australian Headquarters in Vietnam, Colonel Alan B. Stretton of Canberra, ACT. The soldiers are, from left: Private Jim McMillan of Preston, Vic; Second Lieutenant Ray Harvey of Box Hill, Vic; Corporal John Patterson of Novar Gardens, SA. Col Stretton, a former ruckman for St Kilda, started the match between the two teams from HQ Australian Forces in Vietnam (AFV) known as the "Diggers" (privates) and "The Rest" (officers and NCOs).
Former St Kilda Australian Rules footballer, The Chief of Staff of the Australian Headquarters in Vietnam, Colonel Alan B. Stretton of Canberra, ACT (left), talks with Captain Brian Glance of Glen Iri
Corporal Graham Owens of Moorabbin Vic (centre), explains how to grip a football to two Vietnamese soldiers before a social game of Australian Rules. Looking on is Captain Bill McMahon of Croydon, Vic
3797177 Private Paul Conboy, a ruckman (no. 8) of Headquarter Company, Australian Force Vietnam (AFV) and a 110 Signal Squadron player, fly high in an attempt to mark the ball during an Australian Rul
News gatherer, writer, reader, Sergeant (Sgt) Greg Ray of Glenora, Tas, a journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Commission in Hobart, Tas, now a National Serviceman with Army Public Relations in
At the Headquarters of the Australian Forces Vietnam (HQ AFV), the Company Quarter Master, Staff Sergeant John Randall of Albert Park, Vic, and a Vietnamese office girl at HQ AFV, Miss Lan, hold up th
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-07. St Kilda supporter Signalman (Sig) Colin King of Macarthur, Vic, nails his club's pennant to the wall of the Men's Club at the 547th Signal Troop Headquarters. Looking
