The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australia. February 1967. Singer Jacqueline De Paul takes a long look at the needle as an Army Medical officer prepares to give her one of a number of needles before leaving for South Vietnam. Watching the procedure before receiving hers is singer Dinah Lee. Jacqueline is one of eighteen entertainers to leave of 1 March for a concert tour of Australian Army units in South-East Asia. She will tour with singers Lorrae Desmond, Dinah Lee, comedian Bobby Donovan and the ABC Dance Band. The concert party, which has been organised by the Army, is the biggest to go on tour in South-East Asia. According to Eastern Command Amenities Officer, Major Tom Willington, it is bigger than any that has played before Australian occupation forces in Japan after World War 2.
Australia. February 1967. Singer Lorrae Desmond, posing in uniform, gets a grip on a 9mm Browning pistol. She is one of a concert party of eighteen, which will leave for South Vietnam on 1 March. Lorr
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967. Dancer Jacque de Paul (Jacqueline de Paul) performs for troops of the 5th and 6th Battalions, The Royal Australian Regiment, and other Task Force units during a stage show in t
On stage, the NSW concert party entertains Australian soldiers at their initial performance in Saigon at the Free World Military Assistance Commanding buidling. Pictured, left to right: compere and co
Mascot Airport, Sydney. 4 April 1966. Pictured before catching their flight are Government sponsored entertainers, left to right (back): Allan Paull, accordionist and Frank Rich, compere. Left to righ
Victoria Barracks, NSW. 28 July 1966. Col Joye and Little Patti, 17, receive identity passes in preparation for a tour of Borneo and South Vietnam as members of the third Government sponsored entertai
Australian singer Dinah Lee (centre) dropped into the RAAF kitchen at Vung Tau for a meal during her tour with the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) concert party of Vietnam. She was a guest a