The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Logistics Support Group (1ALSG) at Vung Tau. In 1966, as the Australian Government announced an expanded military committment to Vietnam, the infrastructure at this base was improved to cope with the increasing rotation of soldiers, and movement of cargo by sea, to 1ALSG which acted as a rear echelon for the Australian Task Force at Nui Dat, further inland.
In this view, from 145 (later renamed 110) Signal Squadron Hill, construction activity is underway below to remove part of a hill (middle) which was designated as the proposed post exchange (PX) site
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
An Australian soldier, possibly with 17th Army Construction Squadron (ACS), operates a heavy scraper at the 1st Australian Logistics Support Group (1ALSG) base at Vung Tau. As loaders appear in the b
Construction is underway to develop the new base at the 1st Australian Logistics Support Group (1ALSG). In this activity, a sand-bagged structure, possibly a re-inforced emplacement, has been erecte
This aerial photograph marks the consolidation of the 1st Australian Logistics Support Group (1ALSG) base at Vung Tau more than two years after its initial development in 1966. Constructed to facilit
A scraper, probably from an Army Construction Squadron (ACS), is used in the initial levelling of the area assigned to the newly formed 1st Australian Logistics Support Group (1ALSG). This machinery,
