The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. March 1970. Civil Affairs Officer Lieutenant Barry Smith of Albury, NSW, supervises the distribution of soap to villagers as part of the Operation New Life scheme. The Returned Services League (RSL) sponsored Operation New Life continues to be one of the success stories of the rehabilitation and assistance work among Vietnamese civilians in the Australian areas of operation in Vietnam. The donations of Australians has been coordinated under the scheme and commodity distribution has been arranged mainly by the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) at Nui Dat.
Operation New Life - sponsored by the Returned Servicemens' League of Australia - is helping Vietnamese throughout Phuoc Tuy province to a better and fuller life. This week members of the 1st Australi
Long Son Island, South Vietnam. 1969-05. Private John Tinkler of Frenchs Forest, NSW (left), and Trooper Colin Cook of Bentley, WA, both members of 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, check identificat
Ap Dong, South Vietnam. 1968-12. Trooper Colin Cook of Bentley, WA, outfits a young Vietnamese boy with a new shirt at a distribution of clothing collected in Australia for Operation New Life for the
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. March 1970. Gunner Richard Eckermann of Penola, SA shows two pupils of the Vietnamese Dat Do High School, eight miles from 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) at Nui Da
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. March 1970. Gunner Richard Eckermann of Penola, SA, shows two pupils of the Vietnamese Dat Do High School, eight miles from 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) at Nui D
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. April 1970. Members of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit celebrate the third anniversary of the unit's formation with a birthday cake at a gathering at the 1st Australian T
