The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. November 1965. Private (Pte) Ken Martin of Hammondville, NSW, makes friends with two Vietnamese children. Pte Martin was out on a patrol which rested near the village, and he found that he was soon surrounded by children, as were the other patrol members of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR). Surrounded by children happily calling 'Uc Dai Loi' - the Vietnamese equivalent of 'Australian'. And who knows how to trust people better than children?
Vietnam. 1965. Corporal Jim Watling of Hammondville, NSW, a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), is surrounded by Vietnamese children eager for the chewing gum he is handing
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965-11. Sergeant B. Ross of Wauchope, NSW, a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), holding in his arms two smiling Vietnamese children.
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965-08. Surrounded by young Vietnamese children a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), sits and eats a tin of food.
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1965. Lieutenant Bill Hindson of Bayswater, Vic, a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), shows a group of Vietnamese children the working of his cine camera
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1966-06. Private (Pte) Paul Pulis of Frankston, Vic (left), Pte John Sewell of Roseberry, Sydney, NSW, and Lance Corporal Ken Martin of Hammondville, Sydney, NSW, and their mates in
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1966-06. Private (Pte) Paul Pulis of Frankston, Vic (left), Pte John Sewell of Roseberry, Sydney, NSW, and Lance Corporal Ken Martin of Hammondville, Sydney, NSW, and their mates in
