The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Baria, South Vietnam. 1969-11. Vietnamese boy scouts give the traditional boy scout salute as their flag is raised outside a new scout hall. The hall was built at a cost of $US1,230 with funds coming from the profits of the other ranks' canteen at Headquarter Company, 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) based at Nui Dat. The Australians started the project 1969-05 and worked constantly in their spare time to complete it.
Baria, South Vietnam. 1969-11. The Commanding Officer of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Gration of Torrens, ACT, presents the pack leader of the Baria scout troop with
Baria, South Vietnam. 1969-11. The Commanding Officer of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Gration of Torrens, ACT, at the opening of a new scout hall. The hall was built
Baria, South Vietnam. 1969-07. Sapper Eric Lynn of Legume, NSW, receives a helping hand from some South Vietnamese Boy Scouts unloading bricks from the back of a truck, no. 171.730, at the site of a S
Baria, South Vietnam. 1969-07. Corporal Warren Flugge of Katanning, WA, shows a young South Vietnamese Boy Scout how to sight along a builder's string while building a brick wall for a new Scout's hal
Baria, South Vietnam. 1969-07. Corporal Kevyn Joy of Mildura, Vic, is watched by a young South Vietnamese Boy Scout as he lays a brick at the partly built Scout's hall at the Phuoc Tuy Province capita
Baria, South Vietnam. 1969-07. Plenty of willing hands make light work for Private Geoff Eddy of Bendigo, Vic, in his task of building a brick wall for a new Scout's hall at the Phuoc Tuy Province cap
