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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 force platoon, north of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat. WO2 White is second in command of Mobile Advisory Training Team 1. The Teams, called MATTS, are being formed around Phuoc Tuy Province with regional force companies and popular force platoons as part of a build up of the Australia Force's training effort in Vietnam.
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
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 numbe
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
Ben Tranh District, South Vietnam. June 1970. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Sam Booth of Toowoomba, Qld (left), and WO2 Doug (Dinger) Bell of Labrador, Qld (right), are instructing the Regional Force
Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-11. Officer Commanding the Mobile Advisory Team (MAT) at the village of Ap Suoi Nghe, Lieutenant John Lucacci of Largs North, SA (top right), looks on as four Montagn
Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-11. Lance Corporal Paul Snell of Seaford, Vic, instructs three Montagnard soldiers in weapons maintenance at Ap Suoi Nghe village, about two miles north-west of the 1
