CRO/68/0873/VN Accession Number: CRO/68/0873/VN

Description

214101 Sergeant (Sgt) Wallace James (Wally) Galvin of Maroubra, NSW, reaches for the ball during an elimination volleyball contest between Australians and Americans at Tan Son Nhut Airbase. Left to right, watching the play are: 3790677 Private (Pte) Gerrit Kool of Bayswater, Victoria; 3790738 Pte Robert James (Bob) Smyth of Charlton, Victoria; 213251 Sgt Kenneth Harold (Ken) Foster of Holsworthy, NSW, and Captain (Capt) Norman Neil (Norm) Fearn of Mount Claremont, Western Australia. They are all members of Headquarters, Australian Forces Vietnam (AFV). [In 1970 Sgt Wallace Galvin undertook a second tour of duty in Vietnam, serving with Headquarters, 26 Company, Royal Australian Army Service Corps (RAASC). Sgt Galvin was murdered at Nui Dat on 25 December 1970. Also killed in the same incident was 4410968 Sgt Allan Brian Moss. 37496 Sgt Frederick Edwin Bowtell was wounded.]

Details

Accession Number
CRO/68/0873/VN
Photographer
Richard William Crothers
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
September 1968
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

People

Conflicts

Tags

Accession CRO/68/0873/VN

More like this

CRO/68/0880/VN

Photograph CRO/68/0880/VN Vietnam, 1962-1975

South Vietnam. 1968-09. Captain Norm Fearn (right) presents a plaque to 1st Lieutenant Crabtree of 1st Signals Brigade, US Army, after a volleyball contest at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, Saigon. The Austral

CRO/68/0870/VN

Photograph CRO/68/0870/VN Vietnam, 1962-1975

Sergeant Ken Foster of Holsworthy, NSW, at the Headquarters, Australian Forces Vietnam (AFV), sends the ball back over the net to the American side in a volleyball competition against American units a

CRO/68/0874/VN

Photograph CRO/68/0874/VN Vietnam, 1962-1975

1200587 Private Bob Smith of Charlton, Vic, makes a frantic attempt to get to the ball during a volleyball contest between Australians and Americans at Tan Son Nhut Airbase. Left to right: Captain Nor

CRO/68/0943/VN

Photograph CRO/68/0943/VN Vietnam, 1962-1975

At the Australian Forces Post Office, Private Keith Kipp of Lithgow, NSW (left), watches Private Gerrit Kool of Bayswater, Vic, as he works on the post office's new franking machine. The machines were

P08445.018

Photograph P08445.018 Vietnam, 1962-1975

Portrait of 4410968 Corporal (later Temporary Sergeant) Allan Brian Moss, Detachment, 52nd Supply Platoon, Royal Australian Army Service Corps, (RAASC), at Fire Support Base Le Loi. He is holding a 66

CRO/68/0944/VN

Photograph CRO/68/0944/VN Vietnam, 1962-1975

Major Victor Smith of Canberra, ACT (left), tries out a new franking machine at the Australian Forces Post Office. Each of the three forces post offices in Vietnam received one of the machines, and th

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 31 July 2026 - 6.03 am