The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A patrol of soldiers, probably drawn from 5 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), form a security patrol near 'Back Beach' at the base of the 1st Australian Logistics Support Group (1ALSG). 1ALSG comprised a rear echelon in support of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) based further inland at Nui Dat. Soldiers at Vung Tau maintained constant defensive security patrols to secure the coastal base from potential enemy attacks.
A typical 'tent city' erected at the first Australian Logistics Support Group (1ALSG) base. Sand-bagged walls provide some protection from potential rocket and mortar attacks. These tent lines proba
Viewed from a high sand dune feature named HQ Hill, construction is visible on the Postal and Cash Office site below. This was one such activity recorded during the development of the 1st Australian
An earth-moving vehicle, probably from Plant Troop of 17th Army Construction Squadron (ACS), clears a road through sand dunes during the construction of the base for the 1st Australian Logistics Suppo
VUNG TAU, VIETNAM. 1970-04. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN LOGISTIC SUPPORT GROUP (1ALSG) BASE, LOOKING TOWARDS RADAR HILL. 1ALSG IS THE MAIN LOGISTICS BASE FOR AUSTRALIAN UNITS IN VIETNAM.
A group of four Australian soldiers, all members of 5 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), test firing weapons into the South China Sea at 'Back Beach', located in the vicinity of the 1st
Headed for HMAS Sydney and home. These soldiers, among the last to leave Vietnam after the 1st Australian Logistics Support Group (1ALSG) Base had been closed down, are approaching HMAS Sydney in one