The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. November 1970. Corporal Arthur Wallis, 21, of Preston, Vic, sharpening a knife in preparation for carving the three prime hams he has prepared for Christmas. He is one of 200 Army cooks who have been sharpening their wits, and their knives, to give Australian troops in Vietnam a slap-up Christmas lunch and dinner.
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. November 1970. Pre-Christmas cooking at Nui Dat gets a critical taste-testing from Second Lieutenant (2Lt) John Ainsworth. 2Lt Ainsworth, 23, of Plympton, SA, is catering advis
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. November 1970. Pizza specialist, Corporal Greg Townsend, pours dough into pizza rings as he mixes a batch of pizzas for men of the 161 Independent Reconnaissance Flight at Nui
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. November 1970. A batch of pizzas heads for the oven at the 161 Independent Reconnaissance flight at Nui Dat. The cook, Corporal Greg Townsend, 22, of Glen Innes, NSW, is pizza
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. August 1970. The Managing-Director of the Australian Services Canteens Organisation, Mr A. Hind, looks over a camera with two Australian soldiers at the PX (canteen) in the 1st
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. November 1970. Private John Alexander, 22, of Ascot Vale, Vic, an Army cook gets down to the job of icing one of the dozens of Christmas cakes for Australian troops at Nui Dat.
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. December 1970. The Lorrae Desmond Sydney Show toured the war zone in Vietnam. Here Lorrae Desmond sings to a large crowd of Australian soldiers at the Luscombe Bowl in Nui Dat.
