The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 specialist of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF). He is one of 200 Army cooks serving in South Vietnam with the Australian Army Catering Corps, all of whom are now busy preparing Christmas fare for the troops.
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
South Vietnam. November 1970. Warrant Officer (WO) Valentine Nugent, 43, of Puckapunyal, Vic (right), trickles a dose of the Christian Brothers Brandy on a soldier size Christmas cake in South Vietnam
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. April 1970. The Minister for External Affairs, Mr William McMahon, speaks with pilot Officer Bruce Townsend of Kogarah, NSW, after inspecting a RAAF Iroquois helicopter gunship
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. April 1970. Flag Officer Commanding the Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral H. D. Stevenson (right), is shown an Army Sioux helicopter by Major Graeme Hill-Smith of Killara, NSW, at
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. February 1970. Portrait of Major Peter Bool, Officer Commanding Headquarter Company of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), and of Southport, Qld, with seventeen years service
