The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Di An, South Vietnam. June 1970. A US Army instructor watches as a corporal fires a .30 calibre machine gun during range practice, about fifteen miles north east of Saigon. He was one of a small number of NCOs who joined the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV), and attended an eighteen day course at the American Advisor School. As part of the enlarged role for AATTV, the Australians who graduate from the course will work in Mobile Advisory and Training Teams (MATTs) wiht South Vietnamese regional and popular force soldiers in Phuoc Tuy Province.
Di An, South Vietnam. June 1970. While an American instructor feeds in the rounds, Corporal Mick Schneider of Mt Lawley, WA, fires a burst from an M60 machine gun during range practice, about fifteen
Di An, South Vietnam. June 1970. Getting the feel of a riot gun is Bombardier (Bdr) Phillip Harding of Adelaide, SA, during range practice, about fifteen miles north east of Saigon. He was one of a sm
Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. July 1970. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Alan G. White of Maryborough, Qld, uses a Vietnamese interpreter to give a lesson in the use of the Claymore mine to a popular for
Binh Ba, South Vietnam. July 1970. Corporal Michael Dawkins of Noble Park, Vic, uses a belt as a tourniquet on a Vietnamese soldier during a lesson on first aid to other Vietnamese. Cpl Dawkins was a
Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. September 1970. Portrait of Warrant Officer Class 2 Rex Taylor of Windsor Gardens, SA, a member of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) and advisor with
Di An, South Vietnam. June 1970. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Des Campbell of East St Kilda, Vic, meets some Vietnamese children. He was visiting the American Advisors School, about fifteen miles nor
