The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Iris, Vic (right) after a hard game. The match between the "Diggers" (privates) and "The Rest" (officers and NCOs) was won narrowly by the privates. Sergeant caterer Gerhardt Brokate of Sorrento, Vic (centre), was on hand to dispense drinks at the game's end.
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:
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
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-08. Major (Maj) James (Jim) MacIntyre of South Yarra, Vic, is the Salvation Army representative attached to B Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, which is part of the 1st Aus
