The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-09. CORPORAL LES NUNN OF WYONG, NSW, SPRAYS A VIETNAMESE VILLAGE HOUSE IN HOA LONG, PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, USING A PORTABLE SWING-FOG INSECTICIDE MACHINE IN A BID TO CUT DOWN THE INCIDENCE OF MALARIA IN THE VILLAGE. FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF A HIGH RATE OF MALARIA IN HOA LONG BY MEMBERS OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN CIVIL AFFAIRS UNIT, THE 1ST FIELD HYGIENE COMPANY MOVED IN WITH INSECTICIDES TO SPRAY IN AND AROUND HOUSES. THE SPRAYING TEAM WAS PRECEDED BY A LOUDSPEAKER VAN EXPLAINING TO THE VILLAGERS WHY THE AREA WAS BEING SPRAYED.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1968-09. Captain John Rhodes of Healesville, Vic, sprays a Vietnamese village house in Hoa Long, using a portable swing-fog insecticide machine in a bid to cut down
Hoa Long, South Vietnam. 1968-09. Corporal Trevor Shinnick of Campbelltown, SA, refills an insecticide spraying machine during a programme in the Vietnamese village of Hoa Long, designed to cut down t
Hoa Long, South Vietnam. 1968-09. Private Ron Morris of Daylesford, Vic, refills an insecticide spraying machine during a programme in the Vietnamese village of Hoa Long, designed to cut down the inci
Hoa Long, South Vietnam. 1968-09. Private Norm Carter of Killarney, NSW, refills an insecticide spraying machine during a programme in the Vietnamese village of Hoa Long, designed to cut down the inci
Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Lance Corporal Leslie Darcy of Riverstone, NSW, keeps two Vietnamese girls occupied by pushing them on a swing while their parents wait to receive land grants in
Hoa Long, South Vietnam. 1968-04-19. Private Phillip Flack, 21, of Earlwood, NSW, helps a Vietnamese girl fill sandbags at the village of Hoa Long, south of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base a
